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Patrick Clarke
, May 19th, 2021 10:04
Wu-Lu s music is a ferocious, genre-defying articulation of the realities of modern South London, but as Miles Romans-Hopcraft tells Patrick Clarke, it speaks a universal truth. Plus, the exclusive premiere of new single Being Me
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I meet Miles Romans-Hopcraft, aka Wu-Lu, in his native Brixton. After some time spent roaming the streets in search of a bar that’s open at midday on a Tuesday, with adequate shelter from the intermittent rain (these are the late-pandemic days of outdoor-only drinking), all that’s available is a former Victorian pub, recently renovated as a ‘modern take on a classic social club,’ as it advertises itself. We spend a couple of hours there, during which time the musician regularly attempts to get the attention of someone he knows who he’s spotted walking past. One of them is his twin brother Ben who plays in Childhood and Insecure Men. The pair grew up around the corner.