Peggy Sue

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Formed 2005.

Peggy Sue

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Peggy Sue (formerly known as Peggy Sue and the Pirates and Peggy Sue and the Pictures) are an indie pop/indie folk band from Brighton in England.

Peggy Sue have toured with a number of well-known indie artists including Kate Nash, Mumford & Sons, The Maccabees and Jack White.

In June 2008, the band announced that they were shortening their name from Peggy Sue and the Pirates to just Peggy Sue. The band have also released music under the name of Peggy Sue and the Pictures, a collaboration with Left with Pictures, and Peggy Sue and Les Triplettes.

On April 10, 2009, it was announced that Peggy Sue had signed to US-based Yep Roc Records, and the label was releasing Body Parts EP for free.

On December 9, 2009, Peggy Sue signed with Wichita Recordings, and the label released the band's debut album Fossils and Other Phantoms in April 2010.

The band recently played at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.[when?]

On September 12, 2011, the second album Acrobats came out on Wichita Recordings, to a generally positive critical response.

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    Reviewed by Jen Long

    An electric and enthralling second LP from the Brighton-based indie-folk-rockers.
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    Reviewed by Matthew Bennett

    Sleeve-worn emotions are expressed to the fore on this dense yet seductive debut.

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