'Tom Griffiths is a Stockport-born singer and songwriter with his roots firmly embedded in the tradition of the finest bleak northern storytellers. Matt Philbin is a bedroom producer whose sound is plundered from the musty depths of charity shop record boxes. With the acoustic guitar of Griffiths and the sampled beats of Philbin complementing each other like a cup of tea and a hangover, The Consolations are here to spread their music like a modern-day wandering minstrel with a drum machine.'