‘Everything was just so intense. There was an alienation and awkwardness about Josef K, but that was actually very true to life for me. Listening today I find really difficult because it brings back so many memories, so many ghosts and characters from the past.’ Paul Haig‘A lot of what Josef K were about was as much to do with what not to play as what to play. Josef K could never have anything rootsy, no blues scale. We were always looking for the mode...

This is the story of the greatest British pop group of the last thirty years. The Clientele, formed in Hampshire in 1991. Renowned for their "invincible crystalline sound," they have become one of the most highly respected British bands of their generation. Their first album, Suburban Light, a collection of early singles, was released at the beginning of the new millennium, just as the band were on the verge of splitting up. It was warmly received-particularly in the US-and is now...