This is the year of the eccentric U.K. chanteuse: Bat For Lashes, La Roux, Little Boots, Florence and the Machine… There are more and more everyday it seems: a generation of Brit girls seemingly grew up discovering their mom’s Kate Bush eight-tracks, and their lives (and ours) were changed forever… Current case in point: Marina Diamandis, who goes by the nom de roq of Marina and the Diamonds.

Ever have an image shock you back into another era? Well, then, don’t be surprised if the works of artist Elizabeth Peyton catapult you back to the swingin’ ’90s of Britpop’s golden era: one look at her 1996 portrait of Liam Gallagher…