The Duke Spirit are an English rock band, whose sound has an allegiance with the early noise rock and grunge bands of the late '80s and early '90s such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and the Pixies (a band the Duke Spirit has covered live) and also displays a primal take on Rock & Roll, Soul and Blues allying them to groups such as The Gun Club, Spiritualized, The Cramps & Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Line-up · Liela Moss - vocals, tambourine, harmonica, piano · Luke Ford - guitar, backing vocals, farfisa · Dan Higgins - guitar, autoharp · Toby Butler - bass, guitar · Olly 'The Kid' Betts - drums History The band formed from the meeting of Liela Moss and Luke Ford at an art college in Cheltenham where they were studying painting and photography, respectively. They moved to London together and began writing songs. After a short time they convinced mutual friend Toby Butle