Passionoia.

Black Box Recorder comprise the uniquely beautiful singer Sarah Nixey accompanied by the dashingly suave songwriters John Moore and Luke Haines.

The enigmatic three-piece have released two albums to date, England Made Me and The Facts Of Life, the latter spawning the Top Twenty smash title track as a single.

2003 sees the release of Black Box Recorder's third album Passionoia, a masterpiece of electronic trickery and a significant step forward from the band's previous works. Significant uptempo manoeuvres clash with classic balladering and sloganeering to create an album that beats up recent pretenders and classes Black Box Recorder as a genuine urbane pop phenomenon.

Examining such subjects as school, mating and dating, fast cars, pop stardom, revolution and (gasp) Andrew Ridgley, Black Box Recorder are unique, sophisticated, classy and, as ever, totally on the button.

PASSIONOIA will be released early in 2003.