Think back two decades, and there is turmoil on the UK scene, two sides going to musical battle as the Brit Pop war raged.
Team Blur or team Oasis? But while the swagger and Lennon glasses took on the alt-pop oiks with the lanky guitarist who would end up penning naff food columns for a tabloid newspaper (you know the one), there was plenty more happening among the homegrown talents.
And they didn't come much bigger than Space.
The Liverpudlians pooled their talents in '93, and broke big with their second single, Female of the Species.
The track flew into the charts, and there it stayed, nestled in the Top 40 for a three month tenancy.
The debut album had legs too – eight hairy ones; Spiders cemented their standing, and also breathed new life into their debut single Neighbourhood, which was duly reissued, with its tales of killers and transvestites.
Dark pop, they called it.
Space pushed forward and '98's Tin Planet album continued the chart bothering, with Avenging Angels and the Ballad of Tom Jones making lasting impressions.
It wasn't all fabulous though, and with record company wrangles, members calling time and changing circumstances, Space finally reached a conclusion in 2005, having issued one more long-player, Suburban Rock n Roll.
Tragedy struck in 2009, when original drummer Andy Parle passed away, but his loss brought the rest of the band together once more, and the funeral 'broke the ice between members.'
In 2014 they released their first album for a decade, Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab, which Tommy likened to 'a Fifties B-Movie for the ears.'
Currently, they are nearing the end of a thorough road slog which brings them to The Craufurd Arms this Thursday (Dec 17) evening.
Step away from the onslaught of seasonal cringe currently being blasted elsewhere, and find peace with the quirky pop sorts.
Tickets are on sale at £14 and doors open at 7.30pm.
> Friday's show by The Wedding Present is all sold out.
> Singer-songwriter Mikey Bromley tops Monday (Dec 21) night's show at the venue with support from Dylan Evans, Samantha Harvey and Euan Emerton.
Tickets £12.
