CRAZY HORSES

Stravinsky saved from a skip’ could easily pass as a lyric from A Formal Horse’s powerful 2019 debut album, Here Comes A Man From The Council With A Flamethrower, but is, in fact, a scene from guitarist Ben Short’s schooldays. Chancing upon an LP of Stravinsky’s The Firebird in a box destined for the skip, Short recalls rescuing the album and once home found himself revelling in the rich harmonies and its complex melange of tonal colours.

“This was in the 90s when I was in my teens. It opened my ears to as their grand entrance music lost on him. “That freak encounter was part of the steamroller effect that got me into what I’ve been interested in for the last 20 years.”