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United Bible Studies is an experimental and improvisational folk band from Ireland. There are a few core members, and a host of incidental contributors on both the live performances and regular albums. United Bible Studies is part of the Deserted Village music collective.

China Aster are an English alternative Band from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The band is composed of Joshua Moore (lead vocals, guitar), Oliver Marson (guitar), Luke Davies (Bass guitar), and George Le Page (drums, percussion). The Band's debut E.P is available on iTunes and Spotify now, and the singles have been released over Soundcloud for free. The album has received positive reviews from bloggers such as There goes the fear who said "Josh’s vocals are some of the best you will hear in 2012 all over Spotify, let alone for free on SoundCloud".

"They will cradle you in their arms and spin webs of thought that lift the swaddled listener out of the fray to be soothed awhile in the thoughts of another. They will remind you that the walls in your head don't belong to you, and excite your spirit in awkward moments of unabashed honesty, that warn you that you must walk into the woods to come out the other side. However, winter's almost gone, and there is room for things to germinate.

Sinking Cruise Ship Rescue Drama are a post-rock band from London, UK, consisting of Samson Walton, Mark van der Vord (guitars), henry scowcroft (bass), Rui Teimao (electronics) and Ruth Francis (drums).
They take their name from the London Evening Standard's front-page headline on the night of their first rehearsal (21 November 2007), whose accompanying story told of the evacuation of the stricken MS Explorer after she struck an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean.