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Mabel McVey, born in Malaga (February 20, 1996) and raised in Stockholm, now spends most of her time in London. Mabel has music in her blood. Her mom is Nineties singer Neneh Cherry, the pioneer of early R'n'B, and her dad is Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey. She grew up around musicians and would often join her parents on the road - unsurprisingly she has known she wanted to make her own music since she was five. Fast forward a decade and Mabel went on to study music production in Sweden but she kept the fact she was writing her...

The Mabels began in 1996 as a folkie trio from Lismore, New South Wales, before relocating to the tight-knit indie scene surrounding Melbourne's Candle Records. Original members Anthony Atkinson (vocals/guitar), Kim Parker (bass/piano accordion/vocals) and Warwick Lobb (guitar/trumpet/vocals), experimented with a couple of drummers before meeting David Kneale late in 1996. Five months later the band released a six-track EP entitled Caravan Park Girlfriend, produced by Mick Thomas from Weddings Parties Anything and recorded in the heat of the Australia Day long weekend, January 1997. The laid back feel of the recording process is reflected in the folk tinged, almost...