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Brighton, England is a beach town. But beach towns in England also inevitably hearken back to a bygone era, one of Victorian music halls, fading changing tents and nostalgic piers. No wonder, then, that Brighton's latest indie band is both fun and sunny, and a bit retro. The Pipettes are a band made up of three winsome (and hot) singers, RiotBecki, Rosay and Gwenno. Together they make a rollicking, updated version of classic 1960s girl group sounds. Take the best Phil Specter harmonies and handclaps and throw in some of the surf-n-rockabilly wackiness of the B-52s, and you're there. The girls' debut LP, We Are the Pipettes, is one of the best party records of the year.

How did you approach your Rock The Rabbit T-shirt design, and how does the rainbow of rabbits reflect your band's aesthetic?
It reflects the town we come from, Brighton, and its diversity. It also represents our audience pretty well -- and our music.

Where was your favorite gig?
Emmaboda Festival, in Sweden, in 2005. We hadn't released anything yet and there was a big crowd singing the words to every single song. It was overwhelming, and given it was the first time that we had played outside of the UK, a great response.

Have you had any touring mishaps?
I forgot my passport when I needed to get to Ireland for the first tour that we'd done. And I forgot it again when we had to get to Paris. It's a bad habit!

Have the technological advances of recent years affected your music or your approach to the way you approach your career?
It's great that music can be accessed for free as an option and that it reaches everyone so quickly. It's certainly helped us as a band to reach out to an audience, especially at the beginning when we didn't have a label to distribute our music.

You seem very attracted to singles bands of earlier eras. And the market also seems to be pushing more and more back to singles market. Do you think the album is dead?
Not at all. There will always be people who love individual songs and those who love albums of songs that have been carefully put together.

Do you have any favorite bedroom music?
Anything by Ennio Morricone.