Seeing Double For as long as we can remember we’ve wanted to run a split cover, but it’s not easy. NME did it with Pete Doherty and Carl Barat back when The Libertines were still lusting after a Dickensian England, full of scally wags and ‘Dilly Boys’, and Kerrang! have since printed five different covers for a special My Chemical Romance issue. Finding a band with members that look as striking individually as they do together though, is no mean feat. We can’t wait forever for The Strokes to return, and when we planned to fulfil our ambition with Crystal Castles we soon realised that we were kidding ourselves when saying, “The guy is cool too… right?” Chop a duo in half and, more often than not, one of a pair will let the side down, but not if you’re Marmaduke Duke: two towering, bearded Scots in drag and homemade eye masks who have also written a dirrrty disco/funk masterpiece. www.loudandquiet.com
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