Nottingham band The Barnum Meserve had its origins in the van that singer Leon Wiley used to live in between stints working offshore on an oil rig. Readers from the East Midlands may remember going to see them at Nottingham‘s Rock City and Junktion 7 venues before the band split in 2005.

The band is back together now and finalising plans for its debut album – although they are still searching for a record deal. In the meantime, I suspect The Barnum Meserve will be doing as much gigging as possible – perhaps with the help of a hired splitter van.

The band’s music was recently used in the BBC documentary ‘An Abuse Of Trust’ and you can hear some of its latest songs and see the video for the band’s single ‘Broken Window’ on its Myspace page.

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