Lyla Thomas is an unstable young woman who moves from Canada to Manchester to outrun her problems. She meets an unexpected, unlikely knight in shining armour.

October 18th, 1994. For Addie, this date was just supposed to be another regular night out. She'd soon find out though that it would be so much more than that.

It's 1987 and Maggie Mitchell is your designated, unfriendly, neighbourhood "goth girl". And when that neighbourhood is the council estate of Burnage in Manchester, Maggie has definitely not chosen the easy path in life. 17 years old and desperately waiting out the long, wet summer before she finally gets to spread her wings at college in London by working in Sifter's records she comes across one last final hurdle in her bid for freedom. A new employee that is the most insufferable, obnoxious bell end she's ever been unlucky enough to meet. Noel Gallagher is bored. 20 years old and fed up of being unemployed, on the dole and waiting to get out of Burnage somehow. As a loyal customer at Sifter's he sees a job opportunity going that'll get him where he wants to go quicker. One problem though. He'll have to work with the scary "goth girl". Fantastic.