Hot New Band: The Rifles

London hotshots cop a classic title, teach Paul Weller to play his own song.
Photo by Oliver Twitchett

Joel Stoker, cheeky frontman for the Rifles, doesn't mind if Britpop fans are confused by his band's new album. "It's okay if people buy it accidentally," muses the singer about The Great Escape, which bears the same title as his countrymen Blur's landmark 1995 effort. "In fact, that's a good strategy: to call your album after another massive album.

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