Having played in various guitar bands over the years, we were struggling to find the over-saturated local rock scene inspiring. Whilst sharing a flat together mid 2006 we discovered a solution to our musical frustrations: Band together and turn to our mutual love of early 80's electronica! Using the oldest analogue equipment we could lay our hands on we began writing our first material.

Overcoming an initial lack of keyboarding prowess we have strived to create a sound fusing classic 80's alt-pop with a twisted, experimental edge, contrasting strong melodies and hooks with frenzied beats and furious Moog action! Regularly gigging since 2007, we keep our live set up as 'hands on' and energetic as humanly possible, eschewing laptops, jumping between synths and performing like we mean it!

We have played venues such as the Notting Hill Arts Club (Back to Nature), the Hope and Anchor (Islington), The Purple Turtle (Camden) and many others. We are also currently arranging several European dates for 2009 to coincide with the release of our debut album.

Russell Harris - Synths,programming, recording, pressing buttons and untangling wires and rebooting.
David Woods - Vocals and synth action and Keytaur voguing.
Louisa Strachan - Vocals, soul and synth crazyness.
Our Myspace - www.myspace.com/thevanityclause Email - russwook@hotmail.com