Straight out of South Manchester, an area that hasn't really been associated with the cutting edge of Manchester music since the post-punk days of the early Durutti Column et al, come Acid Jazz's newest signing JANICE GRAHAM BAND. MURDER / ASSASSINER make up the first single to be taken from JANICE GRAHAM BAND'S debut long player, which deals with the harsh brutality of life through the eyes of a man whose hedonistic incline leads him down a dark and twisted path of self destruction and ultimately MURDER... Convention is a word that doesn't exist in the Janice Graham vocabulary. And, as a result, the band are quite extraordinary. They kaleidoscope through musical influences at the flick of a plectrum in absolute precision, keeping every song full of deliciously danceable and immediate ideas that are never allowed to become tiresome before swiftly morphing into the next snaking groove or flourishing brass 'n' bass interjection. The young Manc band, Joe Jones (lead vocals/bass), Andy Mortan (guitar), Josh Hunt (trumpet and backing vocals) and Tom Scott (drums and backing vocals) - average age a mere 21, are a true garage band; the lads had known each other from around the estate for years and soon endless jamming in a South Manchester garage ensued, where they not only formed, but rehearsed and played their first gigs in October 2008.