The roots of Get Back Guinozzi! lay in Fred composing fifteen brief tracks for a contemporary dance company, using a minimal set up of guitar, rhythm box, and only one keyboard sound. These yielded the melody for the song 'L.A.' Having already collaborated with her on previous material, he sent London-based Eglantine instrumental versions of ‘L.A.’ and 'Go Back to School' to work on. The pair were so excited by the results that they decided to form a band. More tracks were sent across the internet during Winter 2007, with Eglantine adding vocals, keyboards, percussion and odd electronics, until an album’s worth of material was formed and dispatched to us. Where this initial material was intentionally thin and lo-fi (with the bass parts played on guitar), recalling ’79 – ’82 period post-punk acts like The Raincoats or The Slits, via the smudged bedroom pop production of Ariel Pink, the newer tracks and mixes suggested a move closer to the lusher, more sparkling later ‘80s indie sounds of the likes of the Cure, The Smiths and some of the 4AD bands of that time. Following further meetings and conversations, tracks were sharpened, more songs were recorded, and the album was eventually re-mixed by Michael Beckett (alias Schneider TM's Kpt. Michigan). A five-piece band was formed with the addition of Regis Laugier (bass), Luc Benito (drums) and Fabrice Giuisiano (guitar, keyboard), and GBG played their debut shows in September 2008.