{"id":11292,"date":"2015-06-08T10:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2015-06-08T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T09:43:09","slug":"the-avon-guard-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/06\/the-avon-guard-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"The Avon Guard &#8211; &#8216;Forget&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/06\/the-avon-guard-forget\/the-avon-guard2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-Avon-Guard2.png?fit=497%2C621&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"497,621\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"The Avon Guard2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-Avon-Guard2.png?fit=497%2C621&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11294\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-Avon-Guard2.png?resize=497%2C621&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Avon Guard2\" width=\"497\" height=\"621\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dominic Silvani and Andy Mitty have been close friends for 20 years and for the first time, the duo have made a record together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vocalist Dominic was previously the singer and lyricist for 90s Midlands band, &#8216;Penelope&#8217;s Web&#8217;, who released a single, &#8216;Potboiler&#8217;, on Cherry Red Records. Andy was the frontman for &#8216;Transistor&#8217;, an indie glam band, based in Camden. Together they form &#8216;The Avon Guard&#8217;, with Dominc taking the lyrics and vocals, and Andy covering music, artwork and photography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a debut, &#8216;Forget&#8217; is brilliant, testament to the combined talents of the pair, and a shame it&#8217;s taken 20 years for them to get to this point. Sounding like\u00a0cross between Nick Cave and Lloyd Cole, &#8216;Forget&#8217; is definitely worth it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Forget&#8217; is out on June 12. 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