The salient points

• Stooshe are a three young ladies from London.


• Their name rhymes with 'pushy'.


• Their manager writes their songs and is fairly 'hands on' with the whole thing.


• They almost signed to Syco but then didn't.


• When they first emerged in 2011 there was a certain brattish charm to their sweary pop.


• Some of this was either rubbed away or overexploited when they signed to a major, but the stuff you may have first fallen in love with is still there.


• 'Love Me'/'Fuck Me' is distinctly above average.


• 'Betty Woz Gone', however, is a bit too 'look at us, we say controversial things'.


• In 2011 they were long-listed for the BBC's Sound Of poll, which was all quite exciting.


• They've given work to Travie McCoy, which we think might be seen as morally dubious by future generations, a bit like child chimney sweeps.


• It all seemed to be going quite well when 'Black Heart' reached the Top 5 and stayed there for about six months, but then they released a shit cover of 'Waterfalls' and delayed their album, which then leaked anyway. Oh dear.

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