Teesside alt-pop duo Cherry Head, Cherry Heart have released their second album Tarred & Feathered today. The 12 tracks of timeless Britpop songwriting showcases their knack for sublime melodies, genre-hopping musicality and effortless charm.

In recent months Cherry Head, Cherry Heart have picked up BBC Radio 2 and BBC Introducing airplay with the ultra-catchy Road To Rome, been selected as Track Of The Week on BBC Radio Tees and won over new fans all over the UK with their live performances. Following their lo-fi 2015 debut LP Chihuahua Deluxe, Tarred & Feathered leaps from richly-detailed indie-pop arrangements to Spaghetti Western inflections (and most places in between) without losing their core personality and gift for melody.

Of the new album, co-frontman Andy Johnson says; “Tarred and Feathered” is held together by a loose narrative about a young couple travelling around Europe trying to escape something or someone unspecified. The songs talk about being an outsider, displacement and also the romance of the underdog as well as the inevitable desire for a home. Musically the album is a love-letter to pop music in its many forms. Influences include – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Taylor Swift, The Shadows, Ennio Morricone and The Beautiful South."

Cherry Head, Cherry Heart will be playing shows in support of the new album this Spring and Summer. For info, go to cherryheadcherryheart.com

Find the band on Twitter @cherryheadheart

Listen to the new album here now.