Skeletons & The Empty Pockets are the next act to lend their musical muscle to the Too Pure stable. The band join the likes of Pulled Apart By Horses, Friendship and Three Trapped Tigers who have all contributed 500 limited edition, hand-numbered 7” singles to this year’s Club. Hailing from Sheffield, the quintet bonded many years ago over a shared love of Minnie Riperton, Micheal Jackson, Slayer and martial arts (they met at karate lesson in their local Nether Edge). By their own admission they are “a couple o’reyt nice kids with nowt better to do.” After their former incarnation (Fierce Panda-signed ThisGIRL) came to its natural demise, the then four-piece recruited keyboardist Matt Jones and Skeletons And The Empty Pockets was born. Their first show was a small invite-only affair at Sheffield’s legendary Club 60 and in a surprisingly short space of time they have developed into one of the hottest live bands in Britain’s fifth city. ‘Oh Brother!’ b/w ‘In The Woods’ is Skeletons And The Empty Pockets’ debut release. Conventional in their approach to songwriting and no-nonsense in execution, the band has delivered two songs packed with foot-stomping beats and sing-a-long choruses.There’s an underlying pop sensibility to these three-minute tracks and yet they are clearly inspired by the bluesy rock ‘n’ rollbands of yesteryear. As debuts go, this is pretty impressive. This is the sound of a band having fun and Too Pure fully endorse such merriment.