FORMED through a love of The Clash, Leicester's The Displacements were telling people they were in a band before they could even play instruments.
Four years on The Displacements are now touring the UK, playing instruments and have just released their single Down and Out.
The band's in its van when I speak to Andrew Stone: "I'm Joss Stone's brother," he says.
It's the van where the band spends most of its time at the moment. "This is a typical day for us, watching lots of films and listening to Ella Fitzgerald. We also make riddles," he laughs: "What's white, red and black?" asks Stone: "The Sheffield Telegraph."
Lyrically The Displacements like to "try things out", says Stone. "Down and Out is named after George Orwell's Down and Out in London and Paris – (so] we wanted to write a song that was really upbeat."
Other songs are more functional. I'd Like to Apologise is exactly what it says, an apology. "I hit somebody by accident in the face at a gig and gave him a nosebleed so we wrote an apology, James I'd Like To Apologise."
The band is hoping to start recording an album once they have finished touring: "We do lots and lots of writing and we want to get an album together. We've been concentrating on style and want the album to be something we can be proud of."
The Displacements play the Leadmill on July 27.
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