The Duke Spirit are an English rock band, whose sound has an allegiance with the early noise rock and grunge bands of the late "80s and early "90s such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and the Pixies (a band the Duke Spirit has covered live) and also displays a primal take on Rock & Roll, Soul and Blues allying them to groups such as The Gun Club, Spiritualized, The Cramps & Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This is the follow-up to their 2005 release, Cuts Across The Land. Band members are Liela Moss: vocals, tambourine, harmonica, piano, Luke Ford: guitar, backing vocals, farfisa, Dan Higgins: guitar, backing vocals, autoharp, Toby Butler - bass, backing vocals, guitar and Olly "The Kid" Betts: drums, glockenspiel, percussion, backing vocals.