Birds of play

Published Date: 27 July 2008 THE GUILLEMOTS are not a cool band. This isn't my observation, it comes straight from the mouth of the avant-garde pop quartet's frontman, Fyfe Dangerfield. "We're not the kind of band that it's hip to like," he says cheerily. "I don't think the NME is cool anyway, but publications like that don't really acknowledge us. There's a sense that we piss some people off, though I've never been sure why. But I'd much rather create a strong impression on s And they certainly have created a strong impression, first with their sonically adventurous debut, Through The Windowpane, which won them a Mercury Music Prize nomination last year. This was followed up in March by Red, a heavier and poppier though n o less experimental affair that came with big melodies, some down and dirty R&B, and samples of bat... [read full story]