It’s better late than never for The Moldy Peaches, the New York-based ‘anti-folk’ duo who emerged at the turn of the century to strum amusingly naïve tunes about indie fans and the dangers of crack cocaine. Six years later they’re an unlikely mainstream success, thanks to the prominent role of this this ditty about the joys of a dysfunctional relationship in teen-pregnancy drama and indie movie phenomenon Juno, which is released in the UK this week. Now they have solo careers on the go, band members Adam Green and Kimya Dawson play together only intermittently, although given the continued success of Juno, whose soundtrack album recently topped the US chart, they’re likely to be getting together more often in the coming months.
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