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London four piece Jonny Cola & The A-grades know all about their pop history, having spent years playing toilet venues in previous broken outfits (Luxembourg, The Rocks, Rhesus et al). They've watched plenty of episodes of TOTP2 at teatime and they've been taking notes, and whilst their influences are at times blatantly obvious: their cheeky rough edged Glam-indie-pop songs are playfully and dexterously performed and rendered with their own personalities. Jonny Cola's vocals oscillate on the precipice between the camp decadence of Ziggy Era Bowie and the sneering sexual frustration of Brett Anderson there's a passionate throbbing heart at their core that recalls the works of Albarn and Cocker. On this debut mini album 'The Yellow Mini' they are all delivered with enough fun and passion that you start to enjoy them despite the obvious temptation to get consumed in a game of spot the tune