在这几年的英伦流行乐界，复古范儿的乐队似乎有乱花渐欲迷人眼的趋势，想从一大批乐队当中脱颖而出并不容易。The Pigeon Detectives就是其中之一，虽然他们的音乐风格算不上独树一帜，但复古的音色和较好的旋律为他们赢得了相当数量的歌迷。和那些加入舞曲元素的乐队不同，The Pigeon Detectives还是以原始的几大件为主。 　　History 　　Band name 　　Speaking about the band's name, the drummer Jimmi Naylor said: "I never liked the name at first. But it's stuck– and it's probably got us more attention having a silly name. The band were just discussing band names and he came up with 'The Pigeon Detectives'. It became an in-joke but we thought nothing of it. But when it came to our first gig in Leeds the promoter was saying, 'What's your name?' We were like 'Oh, um... "The Pigeon Detectives".'" 　　When asked by BBC Sound about the name, Naylor said, "Dave breeds pigeons, and there's a pigeon that lives in a shed, thats his special pigeon, and this pigeon actually writes all the songs". Another story about the band's name was proposed when Matt Bowman and Ryan Wilson were interviewed for Later with Jools Holland; Bowman said that he and Wilson have a tradition of having Christmas dinner together and when they pulled the cracker they found the name in there. When asked about the Leeds Festival rumour Bowman denies it and said, "There's also a rumour that there's a giant pigeon at the bottom of our garden that writes all the lyrics, but that's equally as untrue." 　　According to Bowman's Twitter, the band is in fact named after a 1970s French cartoon. 　　Soccer AM 　　The band have appeared on the football based entertainment show Soccer AM on four occasions. On the 2007 Christmas Day special, they became the first band to play in the Soccer AM studio, playing the singles "I Found Out" and "I'm Not Sorry". 　　During the same episode, Bowman announced that he had suffered a fractured heel bone, after jumping off a set of speakers while performing at Manchester Academy.