The Mummers

Inspired by marching bands, big bands, and fairgrounds, baroque pop collective the Mummers were formed in 2006 by indie vocalist Raissa Khan-Panni, guitarist Paul Sandrone, and orchestral composer Mark Horwood. Raissa, a classical music graduate from Bristol University, released three albums (Sleeping Bugs, Meantime, and Believer) in the late noughties to critical acclaim, but little sales. After parting company with her label, Polydor, she became a waitress in a Brixton restaurant before teaming up with Sandrone and Horwood at his converted treehouse studio in Brighton, along...