The Crookes - Backstreet Lovers

What this video is

Released in September 2010 on Fierce Panda Records as part of the 'Dreams of Another Day' EP, 'Backstreet Lovers' emerged from a vibrant Sheffield underground scene that BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq was actively championing. The Crookes were positioned at the forefront of what was being called the 'New Pop' movement in UK guitar music — intelligent, romantically charged indie pop drawing on The Smiths, 1950s rock…

Why it matters

A cornerstone document of the early 2010s UK New Pop underground, 'Backstreet Lovers' exemplifies the movement's fusion of emotionally direct melodic pop, literary northern lyricism in the tradition of The Smiths and Angry Young Men fiction, and lo-fi visual presentation. The track's success on…