The Local Division

The Local Division is named after a group of music junkies from opposite sides of the pond, who united to create music, based on their common love for the English "shoegaze" movement of the late 80's and early 90s. Ian Christian, a singer songwriter hailing from the Midlands area in the UK and Matthew Rhee from Los Angeles, a star guitarist with loads of pedals, met at a Mark Gardener show in Nottingham whilst Matthew was on his Anglo rock pilgrimage paying homage to the Stone Roses - a U.