A meeting of minds

Finding strength in numbers, Delphic, Dutch Uncles and Everything Everything are contributing to a shift in Manchester’s musical landscape. But despite their reputation, they collectively shudder at the classification of “intelligent pop band”. The Big Issue in the North’s Gary Ryan sat down for a chat with the bands’ frontmen, James Cook (Delphic), Duncan Wallis (Dutch Uncles) and Jonathan Higgs (Everything Everything), in the suitable setting of Manchester’s Chetham’s Library. Read the interview in full in The Big Issue in the North, out February 4. Photos by Rebecca Lupton.