Zulu Winter

After months of working the record, they finally put two songs on the blog and Zulu Winter became a reality. "Suddenly it became this industry feeding frenzy. Every manager in London wanted to speak to us. There was a month where we'd rehearse each day then go out to meet someone in Shoreditch House every evening. We all got very drunk."

Eventually they went with Kaiser Chiefs, The Vaccines and Crystal Castles manager James Sandom. "The thing we love about James is that he takes a band at face value, and says 'you are what you are and I'm going to make you as successful as you can possibly be'."

Now, 12 years after they first practiced together, Zulu Winter are finally getting the success they deserve. They're playing sold out shows in UK and Europe, and have already shared stages with Friendly Fires and The Horrors. Their debut album, Language, is more than worth the wait, packed with syncopated dance beats and punchy, melancholic pop.

Zulu Winter don't see why an indie set-up requires lobotomised sloganeering. Indie pop can be subtle and erudite while still tearing out your heart with full frontal melodies. But in these difficult "end of indie" times will that be enough?