2011’s Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of was a Punjabi collaboration with unknown Preston vocalist Bubbley Kaur. The band finally established a regular release schedule, but eschewed any musical consistency. Their next album, Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast, was glorious upbeat indie pop. The band were once again perilously close to recognition, so they went on hiatus for even longer, disappearing until 2009. Plunderphonic rock album Handcream For A Generation was well-received. They re-emerged as Cornershop in 2002, without Avtar, but with Noel Gallagher and Paul McGuigan making guest appearances on guitar. As Clinton, Ben and Tjinder released a disco album, Disco and the Halfway to Discontent, in 2000. Instead, the band disappeared for five years. The remix of “Brimful Of Asha” could have catapulted them to stardom. Women’s Gotta Have It and When I Was Born To The Seventh Time had more accessible sounds, and achieved moderate success. It won a high-profile fan: David Byrne gave them a record deal, without Chambers. Their debut LP, Hold On It Hurts, was noise-pop tinged with traditional Indian music. They were joined by Dave Chambers, who had played drums for their old band General Havoc, and guitarist Ben Ayers. Frontman and lead songwriter Tjinder Singh had recently relocated to Leicester to be closer to his brother Avtar. Best known for “Brimful of Asha”, the Fatboy Slim remix of which hit #1 in 1998, British rock band Cornershop have an eclectic and fiercely creative discography.
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