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A Lonely Crowd is an experimental/progressive rock band hailing from Melbourne, Australia. Steadfastly original and left of center, this four-piece band panders neither to fickle public tastes nor current trends, and are all the better for it. They create a sound that is quirky, engaging, catchy and absolutely their own. With brothers Luke and Scott Ancell on guitars/keys and drums respectively, the music alternately soothes and shreds, takes you in all manner of directions and constantly keeps you guessing. At the same time, it remains staunchly cohesive and just plain grooving. Soaring above it all are the gutsy, dynamic vocals of Xen Havales, with an off-the-wall combination of Kate Bush and Chrissie Amphlett. The band joined the prestigious independent record label ‘Birds Robe Records’ (home of sleepmakeswaves, The Red Paintings, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving etc), and have shared the stage with such luminaries as Dead Letter Circus, Cog, Closure in Moscow, sleepmakeswaves,