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The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The La’s: 7 guitar riffs that changed my life with Shapes Like People

Watch Shapes Like People’s Carl Mann play the riffs that changed his life. Inspired by everybody from John Squire to Johnny Marr, Carl explains the secret behind a classic riff and why simplicity is always best.

14 March 2026

HOW THEY WROTE THE SONG

‘The hairs were standing up all over my body’: How Shapes Like People wrote Find Me There

When Carl Mann heard his wife sing Shapes Like People’s new single, he couldn't keep the tears back. Read the moving story behind ‘Find Me There’.

by David Rea

24 January 2026

Shapes Like People: ‘I almost decapitated Kylie Minogue with a scissor kick’

THE ‘ONE TO WATCH’ INTERVIEW

When Kat Mann challenged husband Carl to write songs to pitch to Kylie Minogue, neither of them knew it would lead to the formation of Shapes Like People — nor a glistening debut album. David Rea spoke to them to find out more.

Questions by David Rea

6 September 2024

STANDOUT NEW ALBUM

Ticking Haze

Shapes Like People

EXTRACT: The crystalline jangle pop guitar mines rich seams of bittersweetness on ‘Never Cut Asunder’ and ‘Ambition is your Friend’, and ‘Server of the Mind’ and ‘Fireworks’ float in hazy dream pop gauze.  

Words: David Rea

1 September 2024