
It seems that Amelia and Rob of Heavenly et al have a hand in at least half the new indiepop that comes out. Usually through their Skep Wax label, but on European Sun they play music too. The main character in European Sun is Steve Miles though, a singer songwriter made from the same mould that also produced Billy Bragg. This is especially true on When Britain Was Great, a very timely tongue-in-cheek ‘ode’ to Britain’s bigoted past. “I remember so proudly those heavenly years / In a miserable, murky, misogynist land”.