Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

Side-projects can be a complicated affair, particularly if you’re a fan of the precursory band. Acolytes find themselves talking up a lesser-known record they might not actually like very much, but a perceived obligation of support results in them writing cheques their misplaced loyalty can’t cash.

"Chris was the older brother of my high school best friend. He had the hippest taste in music, but he was also really intimidating."

I first came upon Vic Twenty when they supported Erasure at Leicester’s De Montford Hall in 2003 and I was prepared to be disappointed.....Of course, I was wrong.

“You have to play this album,” says Vincent, a fellow record dealer in Lincoln where my secondhand vinyl store lives.

As Darren Price’s ‘Under the Flightpath’ landed on my desk, I was about to fly away.