First the bass hits you, then the accent. Oh, the accent! Not the disaffected, mid-atlantic sound but an altogether rarer and more beautiful creature. It’s Fiona Burgess, it’s Tracey Thorn, and it’s lying - floating! - atop a future-pop sound that’s somehow retro, somehow now, but however you come at it, utterly beguiling.

Joy Atlas are singer/songwriter Beccy Owen, keyboard/synth player Adam Kent, bassist Ian Dodge Paterson and drummer Ged Robinson. Dismount is their debut single, out on July 27th. The band hope to be announcing late summer tour dates soon…