Formed in the mid-1980s by two brothers, Martin and Paul Kelly, East Village were an indie pop band from Princes Risborough, England.
Their music drew heavily on the influence of 1960s guitar bands such as the Byrds, the Beatles, and Buffalo Springfield and like those groups East Village also featured three songwriters / lead vocalists.
A series of Heavenly label based gigs with Manic Street Preachers, Saint Etienne and Flowered Up ensued, followed by a new single, Circles, in 1991.
The re-issue received a rare 10/10 review in Uncut magazine who described the album as "Pop perfection...Drop Out is a true lost classic of its era".
Paul Kelly is a graphic designer, photographer and film maker (director of Finisterre, What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day, This Is Tomorrow, How We Used To Live, Lawrence Of Belgravia and Dexys: Nowhere Is Home).