Beaumont

The immaculate, fragile music of Beaumont evolved from the twee pop of Reading, England's Blueboy, one of the acts on the celebrated Sarah Records label. Keith Girdler (vocals) and Paul Stewart (guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards) were the core members of Blueboy, a band they formed in the early '90s after the demise of Feverfew. Blueboy recorded three albums in the '90s -- If Wishes Were Horses, Unisex, and The Bank of England -- that netted stellar reviews and the devotion of a loyal cult. The group split up in 1998. Girdler and Stewart reunited as Arabesque and in ...