THE ITCH - It’s The Hope That Kills You HARVEY MANDEL and retro 80s pop

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THE ITCH - It’s The Hope That Kills You HARVEY MANDEL and retro 80s popLP Standard Edition Black Vinyl with Printed Inner. London alt pop group The Itch release their debut LP on April 10th via Fiction + I OH YOU. On "Its The Hope That Kills You", Simon Tyrie & Georgia Hardy pair dancefloor filling beats with disenchanted pop songwriting to create something that nods to electroclash, indie rock and europop while remaining entirely singular. The Itch are both a product of and the antidote to an age of pessimism.