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NEW YORK’S Daddy Long Legs descended on the depths of Hackney to play two sold-out shows as part of a worldwide tour in a vintage clothing shop by day and a bar-cum-club and general hangout by night.
Daddy Long Legs are right at home in front of a packed house in what’s an unusual venue, with guitarist Murat Akturk, looking like the long-lost brother of Johnny Marr, getting sounds from his guitar that set the scene, while Josh Styles on drums and maracas — sometimes on both at the same time — could’ve walked straight out of the 1960s.
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