These New Puritans

These New Puritans are an English music group/band from the Southend-on-Sea, England. It consists mainly of Jack Barnett and his twin brother George Barnett. Thomas Hein was an active member of TNP between 2006 and 2016; Sophie Sleigh-Johnson was an active member of TNP between 2006 and 2010.

Early History
In a 2008 interview, Jack Barnett said that hip hop acts Wu-Tang Clan, especially member RZA, Timbaland and J Dilla influenced the first album Beat Pyramid. Other inspirations include the electronic music of Aphex Twin and the cartoon series The Smurfs. At the time, Artrocker described These New Puritans as sounding like "Sheffield and Berlin synths, '90s alt rock Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo drones, Underworld beats; and all in the most contemporary of contexts".[citation needed] Although unusual for a rock group, the band often incorporates the same section of music into different songs as refrains.