“Almost exactly a decade ago, I reviewed a tremendous band playing live in a basement in Dalston, east London; a venue so off-piste that condensation ran down the exposed light fittings. The band were called Joanna Gruesome – the name a snarky pun on that of the US baroque pop singer Joanna Newsom. Even then, its members had history, having come out of various teenage DIY outfits in Wales; in 2014 ”
