East Village

East Village was a short-lived London band who combined the timeless 12-string jangle of the Byrds with the classic songwriting chops of Postcard Records stalwarts Orange Juice into something emotionally resonant and dryly sophisticated. Though they released only two singles during their short career, then a posthumous album, Drop Out, they staked a claim as one of the most representative U.K. guitar pop bands of the late '80s and early '90s. Before they began playing as East Village, Martin and Paul Kelly tired of being in bands where the members didn't share a simpatico mu...