Formed in 2013 via e-mail file sharing,
BNQT (pronounced "banquet") is a band made up of members of well-established British and American indie rock groups
Band of Horses,
Franz Ferdinand,
Travis,
Midlake, and
Grandaddy. It features all of those bands' lead singers:
Ben Bridwell,
Alex Kapranos,
Fran Healy,
Eric Pulido (who approached the others), and
Jason Lytle, respectively. Reliably melodic and guitar-driven, their debut single, "Restart," was released in January 2017. They followed it that April with the full-length Vol. 1 on
Bella Union and Dualtone. ~ Marcy Donelson