Melanie Davis: Tucked away rather shyly on February's Going Out single, Melanie Davis is actually as freshly scrubbed a tune as ever Supergrass concocted, yet the addition of frontman Gaz Coombes's brother Rob (as keyboardist and songwriter) has given Oxford's chirruping pop outfit a noticeably more substantial, longer-lasting flavour. "It's written for everyone in the world named Melanie Davis," says Gaz, displaying his usual relish for brainy debate.

Q - July 1996