Parlour Flames

A collaboration between guitarist Paul Arthurs -- best known as Bonehead, the second guitarist in <a href="spotify:artist:2DaxqgrOhkeH0fpeiQq2f4">Oasis</a> during the group's '90s heyday -- and songer/writer <a href="spotify:artist:6i614Td904aYkxfPZJcq2p">Alan Wilkes</a> (who performs under the stage name <a href="spotify:artist:6i614Td904aYkxfPZJcq2p">Vinny Peculiar</a> and has previously worked with such iconoclasts as Bill Drummond and <a href="spotify:artist:6ktzu3KxlqOqd3eKnqTCyb">Luke Haines</a>), Parlour Flames is a Manchester-based duo that explores the heady territory between traditional guitar rock and wordy, literate pop. Arthurs and <a href="spotify:artist:6i614Td904aYkxfPZJcq2p">Wilkes</a> joined forces in 2012 -- the former handling the music, the latter the words -- and released their first single, "Manchester Rain"/"Something & Nothing," on April 20, 2013 (aka Record Store Day). Not long afterward, the group's self-titled debut was released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Cherry+Red+Records%22">Cherry Red Records</a>. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi