Would-Be-Goods

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Would-Be-Goods
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Background information
Origin United Kingdom
Genres Indie pop
Website would-be-goods.bandcamp.com

Would-Be-Goods are a British indie pop band fronted by singer and songwriter Jessica Griffin, noted for her precise received pronunciation accent when singing. Their name was inspired by the 1901 novel The Wouldbegoods, by children's author E. Nesbit [1]

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Career

On her first album, released on the él label, Griffin had no band of her own, and was backed by members of The Monochrome Set. [2] The Camera Loves Me was critically acclaimed in the UK and Japan. In 1992 Griffin worked with the Monochrome Set on a second album, Mondo, produced by Monochrome Set singer Bid and released in 1993 on the Japanese label Polystar. Mondo was later released in the UK on the Cherry Red label.

Peter Momtchiloff, formerly of Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Scarlet's Well, joined the band as lead guitarist and bassist in 1999. [2] Two EPs, Emmanuelle Béart and Sugar Mummy, were released in 2001, followed by a new album, Brief Lives, a joint release by US label Matinée Recordings and UK-based Fortuna Pop!. [2] Griffin and Momtchiloff began performing live as a duo and soon afterwards two new members joined the band: Deborah Green (now Greensmith, former member of Thee Headcoatees) on drums and Lupe Nuñez-Fernandez on bass. After the band recorded a fourth album, The Morning After, in 2004, Nuñez-Fernandez left to focus on her own band, Pipas, and was replaced by Andy Warren (Adam and the Ants and The Monochrome Set). Would-Be-Goods' fifth album, Eventyr, was released in November 2008. [3]

In October 2020 Griffin began writing and recording a song a day, with a new title (but no other guidance) provided the previous evening by her partner and bandmate Momtchiloff. Twenty of the songs were released on Bandcamp (as four five-song EPs) in 2021 [4] and later compiled on a CD, The Night Life, in 2023 [5]

Would-Be-Goods have performed live in the United States, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and France as well as the UK.

In late 2025 the band announced that a new full-band Would-Be-Goods album, Tears Before Bedtime, will be released on vinyl, CD and digital download by Skep Wax Records on 13 February 2026. [6]

Discography

Singles and EPs

Albums

References

  1. ↑ "Would-Be-Goods".
  2. 1 2 3 Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN   1-84195-335-0, p. 575-6
  3. ↑ "Would-Be-Goods - Eventyr".
  4. ↑ O'Hara, Gail (8 March 2021), Catching Up with Daily Song Generator Jessica Griffin from the Would-Be-Goods , retrieved 3 April 2021
  5. ↑ <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid02aAnKBgiGgVYHSDrQmKYat3xJfGnHa4vTksZdiNWx8qvXX1ZovpQVf3UBqvdwUS2Ul%26id%3D100043367478703&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="505" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe>
  6. ↑ http://www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2025/11/video-of-week-gallopers-by-would-be.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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