Lush

Recording for the ultra-hip indie label 4AD, Lush shimmered onto the UK music scene in the early 1990s with a series of "shoegazing" singles that owed a lot to bands like Slowdive, setting themselves apart with Miki Berenyi's distinctive vocals. After two albums, Lush began to vary their sound to great effect, incorporating more straight-ahead rock and '60s girl-group influences, and successfully attracting a much wider audience.

• rock
• alternative/indie