The Berlin based experimental duo Sister Chain & Brother John formed in July 2005 when Sister Chain (a.k.a. Eleanor Cantor of Skin Blues and Spinster Sister) and Brother John Higgins (former frontman of London band Val's Basement and fly by night producer) met in a mysterious bookshop.

Looking like Victorian gentlefolk, wielding a distorted guitar and a tambourine, they relate stories of the wicked set and the lovelorn, of teenage daydreams and erotic nightmares, creating what can best be described as Parlour Punk or latter day chamber music.

Their debut album Darkness to Warm Your Heart is a perfect example of their paired down, minimalist approach. The album contains 10 (very!) original songs arranged for one electric guitar or bass and voice. This intentionally naked production gives the powerful narratives and musical motifs space to unfold and challenges our preconceptions of What is Enough.

The album was recorded on four – and sometimes just two – track cassette at the bands home studio – The Dwarfha