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HELLO FANS. THIS IS OUR SINGLE, STRONTIUM BOY, THREE OF THE SONGS THE POCKET ISOBEL RECORDED BEFORE WE SPLIT. I MADE COPIES OF THEM ON MY HARD DRIVE SO, FOR NOW THE REST OF THE BAND CAN'T TOUCH THEM. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT BRAINFAIR AND SIR JAMES ARE PLANNING TO DISCONNECT ME AND I'M AFRAID THAT'S SOMETHING I CANNOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN. 


HAVE FUN! 


ZX23 MK2 PROTOTYPE



THE POCKET ISOBEL ARE... WERE


ANJELIKA SPRINKLES, SINGING AND DESCANT RECORDER

BRAINFAIR CALIGULA PORTCULLIS IV, POWER BASS AND GROWLING

REAR ADMIRAL SIR JAMES FORTESQUE K.C.B., GUITAR AND DEPORTMENT

ZX23 MK2 PROTOTYPE, DRUMS AND MATHS



THE POCKET ISOBEL TOOK THEIR NAME FROM THE CONTROVERSIAL EARLY 1980s ISOBEL FASHION DOLL THAT WAS MARKETED AS THE SMALLEST (APRROX 6cm TALL) AND LIGHTEST (WEIGHING CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN A MILKY WAY BAR) DOLL ON THE MARKET AT THE TIME. ISOBEL WAS WITHDRAWN IN 1991 AFTER A PANORAMA EXPOSÉ SHOWING A LINK BETWEEN SALES OF THE DOLL, IT'S QUESTIONABLE MARKETING STRATEGY ("SHE'S STICK THIN!") AND A RISE IN EATING DISORDERS. GOOD LUCK FINDING ONE TODAY - EVEN IN HER HEYDAY SHE WAS BARELY THERE.

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