Maddox, the five-piece indie band, hail from the new town to end all new towns… Stevenage. No wonder then, when asked to describe their nervy, edgy rhythms, songwriter and lead vocalist, Jak Melvin, describes the band’s unique sound as “New-Town-Wave”. The haunting, emotionally detached vocals, which conjure visions of urban romance on the track ‘Bright Young Hearts’, lead Maddox to be invited on to the BBC Radio ‘Introducing’ show. Since then, the Maddox cult has grown fast and the band have been in demand to gig locally and in the capital. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.