Swedish anti-folk band Herman Düne earned an international cult following that included the influential BBC radio personality John Peel, whose unfailing support earned the group enormous hipster cachet. Sibling singers/guitarists André and David-Ivar Herman Düne formed the group with drummer Omé. Channeling a continuum of influences spanning from Neil Young to Sonic Youth to Pavement, the trio issued a series of self-released cassettes and CD-Rs and even toured the U.S. and Europe before releasing its first "official" LP Turn Off the Light on the Prohibited label in mid-2000. That September, Peel extended an invitation to cut a BBC radio session, and was so impressed that he summoned the trio to his home for a live Christmas broadcast.
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