Maybe they're too young to know any better. Or maybe they're just total one-offs.
Either way, there's an enormous sense of originality, of independence around brotherly duo The Lemon Twigs.
Bleached out 70s rock with a healthy sense of its own absurdity, it's reminiscent of The Eagles at their most opaque fused with Sparks' debonair spirit.
Debut album 'Do Hollywood' arrived on October 14th via 4AD, with The Lemon Twigs hurling top drawer new cut 'These Words' onto the internet.
It's stirring stuff – tune in below.
In London? Catch The Lemon Twigs at the Old Blue Last tonight (August 11th).
Photo Credit: Autumn de Wilde