Their Popworld interview this morning revealed them to be much acer than anyone could have ever imagined. So here is a quick guide:
1. It has finally come to me who lead singer Ricky reminds me of – Alistair Griffin! Not in looks obviously but in personality and sense of humour, he’s like his indie older brother.
2. They are fattist. The t-shirts on their website come in “medium” (size 10) and “large” (size 12). Considering the average size for women in the UK is 16, they are not going to sell many t-shirts! Then again, dancing to the Kaiser Chiefs is quite a good way to lose weight.
3. They are fast overtaking Snow Patrol as the best “indie” act (aka pop band that NME spotted first) EVA!! but it does concern me a little that I have a favourite indie band at all.
4. Their new single Oh My God features the greatest lyric of 2005 so far, “Come back stronger than a powered-up pacman”.
5. Ricky has a girlfriend called Fleur who got an uninvited massage from Daniel Bedingfield at CD:UK while he wasn’t there to ward Bedders off. So she either works at CD:UK or is 2-timing Ricky with some other pop star (hopefully not Daniel Bedingfield!).