At the end of October, Oxford's thinnest band (The Wild Poppies split up ages ago), On A Friday, played the Jericho Tavern to a good sized crowd and there was a man from EMI there.
A mere two weeks later they are playing the tavern again and the place is heaving. There are 25 record company A&R men there and, what's more, they have all paid to get in. To put it bluntly, On A Friday are happening.