Best of 1996 - 2002 by Hefner

Formed in 1996, Hefner were always a band out of time. The London trio had an old school indie sound that made Belle & Sebastian sound like Motorhead. And they sang about things cinema, wine, politics, awkward sex. unknowable girls - that had gone out of fashion ten years earlier. Yet, still, Britain's “largest small band" were loved by Steve Lamacq and managed to amass a substantial cult following. Their ridkety songs - part Jonathan Ridiman, part Arctic Monkeys buzzed with choppy, poppy energy. while Darren Hayman’s lyrics were often painful and frequently hilarious. It's a timeless formula and the likes of ‘The Day That Thatcher Dies’ (“ We will dance and sing all night”), ‘I Took Her Love For Granted’ and ‘Hymn ForThe Cigarettes’ still
sound like minor classics.