Drawing from sources as disparate as Black Sabbath, the indie-instrumentalists in Tortoise and the self-flagellating noise-masters in Swans, Pelican makes instrumental hard rock that whispers as much as it shouts, and teases as much as it pummels.

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Toto, the Japanese toilet company, already sells the ubiquitous self-warming toilet which creates pleasing sounds for camouflaging, um, "noise pollution".

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But Martin has always maintained that he heard a noise while in bed, came down the stairs and opened fire in self defence.

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