The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist
Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist)
Kate St John and keyboardist
Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single,
Life in a Northern Town. All three members of the band remain active recording musicians, each with their own careers. They are said to have reunited on a forthcoming album, "Angels and Fools", by Gilbert's new band, The Excellent Staircase (formally The Believers); on the track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", a cover…
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