Still managing to include some Depeche Mode and Smashing Pumpkins I see !
Stuff that doesn’t get played much – “Chemical World” , “Lean On Me I Won’t Fall Over” – well most of it if you look at the track listing.
Highlights the anthemic and passionate “Big Love” from Delicious Monster and the big and baggy “We Are The Beautiful” from Readings Chapterhouse. The Industrial strength of Curve – I have on CD somewhere.
Plenty of guitars and some forgotten gems and the best track Chumbawumba did.
I was always intrigued by The Colourfield, not just a backing band for Terry Hall but a very productive quartet with half of them from the Coventry music scene.
Karl Shale – bass guitar (The Candyskins) Gary Dywer – drums (The Teardrop Explodes, Balcony Dogs) Toby Lyons – guitar, organ and Terry Hall – vocals, guitar (Specials, Fun Boy Three, Vegas)
So their debut album is featured this week. Released in April 1985 and with all it’s different styles it was hard to market and was met with a lukewarm reception. Dwyer had not yet joined the band so drumming duties were shared by a list of guest musicians.
Paul Burgess (10CC, Camel, Jethro Tull, The Icicle Works) – drums
Pete de Freitas (Echo and The Bunnymen) – drums on “Take” and “Cruel Circus”
Katrina Phillips (G Sensation, Skeletal Family) – backing vocals on “Thinking of You”, “Yours Sincerely” and “Sorry”
Ian Nelson (Fiat Lux, Red Noise) – clarinet on “Virgins and Philistines”
Preston Heyman – percussion
This re-issue contains just 2 cover versions (“Hammond Song” and “Castles In The Air”) and was recorded in Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Hall had moved up here so he could get to see more United matches.
Poetic and stinging lyrics about domestic heartbreak and animal farming. An arrangement in the style of The Beautiful South, quite acoustic and whimsical.
You’re last chance to don your dust mask with menthol Vick rubbed inside and making the “big box, little box” hand shapes.
Again released in October 2021 for an audience who missed out the first time round. This is a certainly a more “party” set of tunes.
“Release Me” has some helium samples and the main reason I don’t like the genre. “Anyhow” has some really cheap sounding Rave riffs (and bird tweets)
“Snow In Summer” is a bit different, sampling from a 70’s track and not too frantic on the beats (in places!) Originally releases in 1994.
“Stepper” by Hannibal Selector goes darker with some familiar beats, love some reggae chords mixed with the doom organ. Ramos does a cheeky reinterpretation (well it uses some panting) of Kraftwerk early on. Big Beats meets Techno.
From 1990 and the quite rocky (in a traditional sense) track from Icicle Works with the main track being produced by the legendary Michael H. Brauer (record company in search of a hit)
It chugs along as the perfect road track with plenty of tremolo guitar and McNabb’s commanding vocals.
It was off the album “Permanent Damage”, contractual obligated as Epic has signed them and they wanted some return.
I’m sure you’ll agree this is turning into a fab series (with a FLAC option!) and this is the penultimate one….. boo!
Keeping the Post Punk theme with plenty of popular tracks and a few hidden gems to discover.
Highlights is the punchy Au Pairs and their profane message, how apt. Garage Punk from an early Wire track. The regimented drum machine of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.
Weird , psyche Goth of Christian Death goes the full length. Forgot they were American.
Synths take over from Track 11, all the tracks having featured on here before. Einsturzende Neubauten featuring on the last 2 tracks.
Sounding a bit like Red Flag, The synth are more analogue (Roland Juno) than digital (Yamaha DX7) and there are plenty of decent melodies to hook you in, Obvious early Depeche influences are here.
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