Taking their name from two spectral characters that hover on the fringes of J.G. Ballard's "The Atrocity Exhibition", Xero-Kline formed in 2004 with the aim of continuing the tradition of experimental British guitar music that had been pioneered by My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized and The Jesus & Mary Chain. Live, the band combine soft, layered vocals with distorted and harmonised guitars to create a seamless musical experience that doesn't pause for breath from beginning to end.