The Proper Ornaments

London-based indie pop group the Proper Ornaments formed as a byproduct of the friendship between musicians James Hoare and Max Oscarnold. Their love of classic psychedelia and West Coast folk-rock led them to craft their own home-cooked version, starting with a batch of singles in the early 2010s. Both were busy in a variety of other bands, but their shared chemistry led them to release a series of intimate and calmly melancholic albums together as the decade progressed. They started out with a rather simple and jangly sound (2014's Wooden Head) but later featured richer arra...