Peter Hobbs and Jof Owen met when they were still at school and grew up together in the English countryside in the small village of Wendover. They spent their teenage years scouring car boot sales for rare Dexys singles and Lee Hazelwood albums. Reading Carson McCullers, Anne Sexton and Smash Hits. Watching John Hughes films and old videos of Top of the Pops. All the time putting together a collection of weird and wonderful instruments found in second hand shops, craft fairs and the Early Learning Centre. They released The Best Party Ever in 2005 to widespread critical acclaim.