Collins and Clitherow from Chesham, Bucks

CCU are an unsigned act although they have quite a pedigree in the music business. I enjoyed their sound. It didn't demand that you stop what you're doing and listen but (without wishing to sound derogatory)  it was enjoyable playing in the background. I tried hard to identify their influences but with 20 years in the biz I guess there are too many although I felt at times that it was a very 80s sound and reminded me (perhaps the voice?) of Talk Talk who were, I feel, a very underrated band.

Anyway, just read what the band has to say and give their stuff a listen on MySpace.

In the bands own words:-

We're CCU - Clitherow and Collins, united. Which we have been for over twenty years. Together we formed Elysian, who became Sideways. We wrote brilliant songs back then. We never stopped, really; we kept on doing our own things separately for a few years. But you know, if there's something special there, people always come back. Three years ago we did some more stuff together. It was blinding, the music we wanted to hear on the radio but never did.

We remembered that there's no greater thrill than to create something wonderful out of nothing. In that time we've recorded two albums, A Quiet War (2007) and Emotion (2009), with the third in progress right now. We've gotten ourselves back into the live arena, and we want to do more. 'Cos we're really good. Do we have expectations of recognition? Not really, but the belief is still there that our music deserves it. That's why we're here on myspace.

You could do worse than to have a listen. And then to be our friend. Because we'd like that.

MySpace site here