Amongst the acts I caught at #icebreaker #Festival yesterday, by far the strangest were #Pompey performance art rockers Van Gosh.

This fancy-dressed threesome delivered a mind-boggling performance, equal measures #LedZeppelin, #JohnOtway and #DavidDevant & His Spirit Wife.

A set of songs in praise of forks, of rebelling against military school, of majestic #Zebras in the moonlight & the magical powers of Albert Lee's spittle.

Joyously bonkers, outlandish #pantorock.

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David Devant & His Spirit Wife - Toppermost

This London-based band was formed in 1991, taking their name from the stage show of a long-forgotten Victorian magician (singer ‘The Vessel’ claiming to be Devant’s earthly mouthpiece). Their own brand of live performance art owed a similar debt to the visual style of the music-hall era, featuring mirrors, glass boxes, carrot graters (on ‘Ginger’) and line-drawing. Fronted by Vessel, and featuring ex-Monochrome Set guitarist Foz?, the band established themselves as an entertaining live act.

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@lisagrimm Must've missed that gig klaxon! Hope it was fun! Great band! #DavidDevant

Had a great time seeing David Devant & his Spirit Wife last night back at The Water Rats after a 2-decade (for me) absence. Work, Lovelife, Miscellaneous is *such* a great album.

#DavidDevant #London #TheWaterRats #WorkLovelifeMiscellaneous

Still thinking about the 'old internet' and dug up my 1990s #GeoCities site on David Devant & his Spirit Wife from the Internet Archive.

Anyone else here going to see them on Friday in London? Funny to think it'll be back to the 1st place I saw them, back in '95 or so.

http://web.archive.org/web/19990117065050/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/7255/ddevant.html

#daviddevant #IndieKid #AllDoneByKindness

David Devant and his Spirit Wife