Bond, bowling and brutal honesty: How Luke Spiller made the solo album of his dreams

In the search for the new James Bond, you could do worse than Luke Spiller. Charming, classy, achingly British and possessed of a knowing, Martini-dry wit, not to mention a natural way with a Savile Row fit, should the producers wish to go back to 007’s eyebrow-arching Roger Moore golden era, he’s ready-made. And if they decide that The Struts’ flamboyant vocalist – a man who nightly sings the line ​‘Sex so good it makes the neighbours smoke a cigarette’ – is a bit too fun and Austin Powers to be a successor to Daniel Craig’s gritty take on the role, he can at least offer them a theme song. Already has, in fact. Twice. Back in 2019, Luke wrote a pair – Devil In Me and Angel Like You, both swimming in the lush splendour of the biggest B...

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