Description:	CD on Stop Looking
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Indie Rock
	Label:	Stop Looking
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...according to our Brian on 25 July 2008.

Newcastle's Les Cox Sportifs join that hallowed club of scratchy lo-fi indie bands who carry the old indie flame aloft. A bit like David Cronenberg's Wife & old hands like I Ludicrous, they've the wonderful knack of making quirky, sideways songs full of eccentric lyrics, shambling guitar, biscuit tin drums & a kind of irresistible homespun jerkiness that makes you want to adopt them. 'Neverheed' is a CD only mini album housed in a posh digipak and the simple but effective tunes twist & turn in your head & heart. His Geordie accent is much less apparent than that of Dave Blogs from Maximo Park but listening deeply to these songs, you just know the two bands are kindred spirits regardless of the fame abyss they're either side of! Check this out, it's good 'n' natural, great wonky fun & packed with smashing little tunes that hook you in. Would love to catch them live (just realised missed them last night!)

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What their label says...

In the three years since their inception, Guitar / Rhythm trio Les Cox
(sportifs) have made a point of doing things differently. Drummer
Christo Wallers learnt to play Drums while playing live, and by the
3rd gig at medieval poetry venue Morden Tower, it was certain that a
new creed had arrived on the scene.

Harking back to a time when 'Indie' was not a major subsidy, Steven
Pastel reigned C86 supreme and zines were photocopied rather than
emailed, Les Cox (sportifs) are an unpolished, artless, ramshackle and
utterly charming insight to all that was great with the Indie scene 20
years ago, yet with both feet stamped firmly in the present.

This isn?t tongue in cheek pop, nor is it neo Regionalism. They tell
stories of love, sex, death, politics and compulsion with complete
conviction in their message.