Funny how even the most ludicrous band names develop their own resonance after a while. Look at Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong. How we laughed the first time we heard the name (not to mention that of their drummer, Bummer: parents can be so cruel). Two months later, with one single and a few magazine features behind them, it seems a perfectly sensible moniker, its inherent daftness neutralised by repetition.

That’s probably just as well, because 2008 is shaping up to be the year of the silly band name. Currently the subject of much A&R; name-dropping are Cheeky Cheeky And The Nose Bleeds, a likeably boisterous troupe drawn from various towns in East Anglia and the South East. Youthful and energetic, they should slot neatly into the current indie zeitgeist, since they combine The Pigeon Detectives’s ramshackle hooks with the knockabout, teen-friendly humour of The Wombats.

Pretty brainless stuff, then, but still exhilarating in a 2am, drunk-on-cider-in-an-indie-club kind of way. Check out their most instant song, Before We Sleep on Myspace. If you like what you hear, they recently recorded a Steve Lamacq session, highlights of which you can watch here.