Run by Nigel Coxon, Normal has already signed Race Horses and Memory Tapes to the publisher and this agreement finds Bucks looking after all of the singer's future works as well as his last album, Grace/Wastelands.

The signing follows on the heals of Bucks striking a deal with Liverpool four piece Wave Machines late last month through another joint venture - Mensch Music - which is managed by former Atlantic head of A&R Steve Sasse.

Bucks managing director Simon Platz ...