Folk duo The Honey Ants' brilliant cover of Nirvana classic

The Honey Ants are John Grimsey and Rebecca Hamer. The duo formed in 2013 to write and perform their instant, folk-infused pop songs. Their sound is one that feels current yet nostalgic at they same time and they release their second single ‘Lies (See You Again)’ digitally on 5th May 2014.

‘Lies (See You Again)’ is a song inspired by temptation and sees the duo take a step forward in terms of production following on from their debut single ‘Give Me Arms’, which was completely acoustic. By adding in piano, percussion and backing vocals, ‘Lies’ builds up throughout giving you goose bumps with its beautifully blended lush male-female harmonies that are underpinned by a real sadness and longing. This angst and slight darkness can also be heard on their Nirvana cover ‘Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle’, which the duo are releasing as the B-Side to ‘Lies’ and as a free download via ArtistLink in exchange for an email address: http://t.opsp.in/g25Eh

Having played for other musicians (including bass for Sufjan Stevens and a Glastonbury performance on guitar for Samantha Marais), John formed The Honey Ants to showcase his own songwriting talent. Things got off to a good start with the BBC using a home recording of their song ‘The Trouble With You’ in the TV show 'Off the Hook', Channel 4 using the track ‘Mister Sunlight’ in the series ‘Sirens’ and Tom Robinson spinning their tracks on BBC 6Music.

You can catch The Honey Ants live on the following London based dates…

8th May - The Workshop, Shoreditch

31st May - Camden Rocks - Camden Head, Camden

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Courtney Love talks of Kurt Cobain death

Courtney Love says her husband Kurt Cobain died because he was an 'oblivion seeker'.

The 'Celebrity Skin’ singer and the late Nirvana frontman - who committed suicide in 1994 – experimented with numerous drugs throughout their relationship, including heroin, but while she just wanted to get high on occasions Kurt possessed a nihilistic streak.

She said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper: 'He had his drug life. He was an oblivion seeker. I never wanted that. I was the kind of drug addict that just wanted to be comfortable in my skin. Escapism once in a blue moon. Kurt would just go on until he dropped. So he died, that wasn’t fun.'

Courtney, 45, believes she was made a scapegoat in the wake of his death and admits it came as a shock for her to be so unpopular, especially in the US.

The rocker – who had a daughter, 17-year-old Frances Bean, with Kurt – added: 'Being a scapegoat was new for me. I sometimes got the feeling Kurt enjoyed that I pissed people off. I didn’t like it at all.'