Ex-Crush is Chris and Katie. Chris and Katie are also members of The Just Joans.
They describe the Ex-Crush sound as The Desperation of a Mid-Week Disco Dancer;
if only desperate mid-week disco dancers could exude such charm - they would be desperate
no more. Brill Dream Blog describes them as "A Pet Shop Boys for the permanently
pessimistic." They list their influences as: Chic, The Shangri-Las, mid-week discos,
alcopops, Pet Shop Boys, Hefner, Freshers Week, Kirsty MacColl, Bowie, 90s chart
rave, Kenickie, hangovers and Saint Etienne..