When the Southport school friends Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben
Ottewell and Olly Peacock (aka Gomez) started recorded demos in a shed owned by
drummer Peacock's father in the summer of 1996, such were the quality of the
tracks that a frenzied industry bidding war soon ensued. Full of rich, bluesy
harmonies and dainty indie pop, the demos turned into debut Bring It On (1998),
winning the Mercury Music Prize, reaching platinum status and becoming one of
the most celebrated albums of the year. Establishing themselves as firm
favourites on the indie scene Gomez's follow-up...