The highly influential scruffy indie rockers with the silly name are playing an intimate show at The Sunflower Lounge, giving fans a real chance to get up close and personal with a band revered by critics and peers alike. Bursting onto the scene with 2007’s ‘Wait For Me’ which quickly achieved gold status and saw them nominated as best new act at the Q Awards. Championed by Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq a stratospheric rise followed that took them to to Glastonbury’s pyramid stage and playing to 15,000 fans in Leeds’ Millennium Square. It’s been all quiet on the pigeon front since 2013’s ‘We Met At Sea’ and its lukewarm reception but hopefully this low key tour will get things moving again ready for next years new album. Just don’t ask them about the band name…

Wed 12 Oct 7.30pm at Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EG £12.50 thesunflowerlounge.com/