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@ is the songwriting partnership of Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak, presenting pop, rock and indie songs at the Hare & Hounds in Birmingham. Their material grew from long-distance collaboration.

Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak write together as @, a project that started when the two met on the East Coast house-show circuit. Both had long been part of the DIY music scene, taking part in basement noise shows, warehouse gigs and all-ages spaces. Victoria has released several records as Brittle Brian, and Stone has recorded under the name E.R. Visit. Working at first from a distance, they developed a method in which each contributes half the songs and fills gaps in the other's compositions.

Their debut album, Mind Palace Music, reached a far wider audience online than either had previously reached. Their new album, Autosmile, is their first release on the indie label 4AD. Before the debut, the pair had never performed live or sung harmonies together in person. Since then they have learned to rehearse as a band, to play for audiences of different sizes and to sing in the same room, and on stage they add absurdist guitar solos that make each other laugh.

The Hare & Hounds hosts concerts and shows in Birmingham. The evening suits listeners interested in songwriter-led pop, rock and indie music.