Ben Ayres is half of legendary Anglo-Indian band Cornershop and works as a press officer for Rough Trade Records. In this episode he tells me about the band's beginnings, working in a vinyl pressing factory and how he sees the future of music PR.

Cornershop's new album 'England Is A Garden' is out now; it's fantastic and I implore you to check it out.

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Ben Ayres (Cornershop)

The most performative UK ska-punk band ever, Lightyear are a band from Derby who started in the late 1990s. Chas takes us through all the big moments, starting from being a bullied kid who'd just moved to a new town; booking tours without having any music; to facing growing up during tough periods of more dense touring.

P.S. I was trying to keep it PC for the kids, so tried putting these bubble noises in every time he swore. Sorry if that gets annoying. 

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Chas Palmer-Williams (Lightyear)

Brooke's new album Everyday Nothing is out now and it's a wonderfully chilled out indie rock experience. We talk about her early years doing musical theatre before moving to London to do music at university. We touch on social media woes and her current jobs at a shoe shop and in customer service.

Pick up Everyday Nothing at Rough Trade or your local independent record store, and stream it everywhere online.

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Brooke Bentham

Before life in the road-hardy Boston Manor, Michael was a biomedical scientist. We delve into how life in a van took that over, his love for Taco Bell, being in a band with his brother (this ep's photo eye) and way more awesome shit I didn't know about. BM are on the front cover of KERRANG! this week! Get in, Michael.

Boston Manor's new album Glue is out 1 May and it rips.

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Michael Cunniff (Boston Manor)

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