There’s nothing quite as divisive on the band scene as those who are seen to “jump the queue.” While most acts slug at away at their careers Sisyphus style, waiting for a big break, London sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow – resplendent in eyeliner, red lipstick and leather jackets in any of their press photos – posted a home demo to Soundcloud a year and a half ago and within months were touring with Warpaint and the Big Pink and had signed with labels on both sides of the Atlantic.

It’s probably for the best, then, that 2:54 – named in precise reference to their favourite second of their favourite Melvins song – have the talent to justify their ascent. They make smouldering and hypnotic doom-rock that’s as seductive as it is arresting, referencing PJ Harvey’s spikier moments, the XX’s hormonal lust, QOTSA’s druggy drone and Florence Welsh’s adroit 21st century reappropriation of Kate Bush goth-pop.

WEB: http://www.twofiftyfour.net/

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