A few good times in my life
After talking about it a lot, I had my last day at work yesterday and officially retired today. I had ambivalent feelings about saying goodbye to longstanding colleagues and knowing that I probably won't see many of them again. Next, I will try to bring a new structure to my daily routine and put everything I plan to do into practice. I can't explain why I came up with these songs about freedom, especially as I've never felt trapped. Maybe just because they are good songs.
Sometimes I really got surprised about a collaboration I never thought. Yesterday the news arrived that a new song is out by Alan Vega, who died seven years ago. Blood On The Moon is a collaboration between him and Bobby Gillespie and Roxy's Andy Mackay. I have no further information about this but assume that it was a contribution to a compilation for his 70th birthday almost 20 years ago. Anyway, it shows that Vega's song can work in different kind of styles. This one lifts the song to a techno/house level and Andy Mackey serves some saxophone parts to work in a different direction. A very nice song and worth to be featured at this place.
Let's have a trip today back into 1967 to San Francisco. The streets are filled with hippies and flower-power and psychedelic rock music reached it's peak. Of course I was too young to join these music and scene in these days but older friends introduced me to this in the early 70's. In these days I moved from glam rock and made first experiences in hard rock. Deep Purple was one of the most popular in these days and Child In Time was played all over. Years later I recognized, that the intro was stolen from Bombay Calling, a song from the debut album by It's A Beautiful Day. IABD were from San Francisco and more or less successful with their folky psychedelic sound. They were named as poor men's Jefferson Airplane was ihrer Musik in keinster Weise gerecht wurde. Während Jefferson Airplane which in no way did justice to their music. While Jefferson Airplane lived mainly from the voice of Grace Slick and the lead guitar of Jorma Kaukonen, IABD went the way of using the violin of David LaFlamme as lead instrument. The result was their biggest success White Bird, a trademark of their sound and an early blueprint of the upcoming prog-rock.
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
Leeds has always been a melting pot for rock groups of all kinds and is unique in its own way. Gang of Four, The Mekons, Wedding Present and Soft Cell have made history with their music. Whether English Teacher will succeed in doing the same is not certain, but given their talent, not unlikely. The band is fronted by Lily Fontaine, a magnetic vocalist who infuses her guitar music with influences ranging from post-punk to 80's indie pop and beyond. She doesn't sing her songs, but it's a kind of chanting that also suits her ambitious lyrics. Sometimes it seems like Dry Cleaning have extended their material. The centrepiece is Mastermind Specialism, a dreamy piece of folk with mumbled indie-pop that, once heard, never lets go.
Another obscure record by Höga Nord Records, Gothenburg's fine record label. Cosmic Music For Higher And Lower Awareness by The Idealist is one of those albums that you can't believe on first listen. Right from the start, it sounds like many other albums that offer their variations on a reduced acid house beat. What makes this work different is that The Idealist develop a hypnotic groove that slowly ingratiates itself and doesn't want to leave your head. I can't tell whose behind this band but suppose that it will be some folks from Sweden. Not only because Goran Kajfe plays an extraordinary trumpet on Levitation Dub a song that could be played by any voodoo ceremony. Deep, dark and mysterious and surly one of the strangest good songs from this year.
Over the last few days I have found time to tidy up my computer, delete unnecessary stuff and back up my data. In the process, I came across a file that I had bought some time ago and had almost forgotten about. This is the debut album from Ultramarine, Folk. Ultramarine are Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond, together an electronic duo from Essex. Formed in 1990 and heavily influenced by the factory sound, they added elements of techno, house and ambient and complemented these with jazzy horns to create a unique sound. In their best moments, you think Happy Mondays have taken the wrong pills and are testing out funk-jazz.
Ultramarine - Antiseptic
From time to time it is necessary to revive an old series. For several years I have been posting film material from the seventies, mainly from the Beat Club, which was the most important medium for popular music at the time. While the bands still performed with playback at the beginning of the 60s, the bands were later required to present their songs live. It was remarkable that the producers of the format had very good taste in music and were far removed from the mass taste of the time in their choice of artists.
So it is not surprising that they gave the American band Fanny the opportunity to play two gigs in the early seventies. Fanny were one of the first bands to consist exclusively of women - long before the Bangles and GoGo's were formed. Consisting of two sisters, June and Jane Millington, both of Filipino origin, they played a form of melodic rock based on straightforward guitar/bass with great keyboard parts from Nickey Barcley. The vocals are reminiscent of Janis Joplin at his best and they had no problem covering Smokey Robinson's Ain't That Peculiar. All in all, a band that has unfortunately been forgotten, but is rediscovered from time to time. It also does justice to their class that David Bowie was a big fan.
Tim Hardin was an American folk and blues songwriter and mostly known as the composer of hits other people had. His first albums from 1966 to 1969 contained so many classic songs like no other songwriter released in these days. His records were critically acclaimed and he reached his climate when he played at Woodstock festival. Like many others of this era he turned into drugs, got rid of them and fall back again and died in December 1980 on an overdose Heroin in Los Angeles. His legacy were a lot of songs about love and hope with intensive lyrics and melodies other would kill for. I played his record The Homecoming Concert the other days again and thought I should give him a place at this little place in the internet.
You can listen to his last album in full length and see that he was in a good condition for singing his songs live for the last time.
When I was recently clearing out my inbox of adverts for new records, I came across the announcement of a new album by Galaxie 500. A band from Boston that was active at the end of the 80s and released a little masterpiece with On Fire. The synthesis of the slightly distorted strummed electric guitars, Wareham's soft vocals, which lead into a high head voice and the accentuating drums, represents something unique in its form. The melancholic tone underpins the sound perfectly. I've always liked this high school sound, reminiscent of Johnathan Richman and the Velvet Underground, ever since this record was recommended to me by the owner of my local record shop
After the band split up three decades ago, Galaxie 500 are releasing a double album with outtakes and other unreleased material in a few weeks. With the songs now released, they show that power-pop and jangly guitars are also part of their repertoire.
The European Football Championship is over and, as predicted by many so-called experts, Spain has won the title. Certainly not undeserved, but England made the same mistake as Germany. On the one hand, the players were deployed in positions that they do not play in their clubs and on the other hand, a change of system and the right player changes were made far too late after falling behind. What's more, when England got a grip on the game, Spain scored the decisive goal just before the end. As happy as I would have been to see England win the title, I have to recognize that Spain were a tad cleverer.
Verstärker is a three-piece instrumental psyche band from Kentucky playing their own kind of krautrock, post-punk, no wave and drone since a couple of years. This song is from their last year album Jenseits and a good example of their sound, based on motorik bassline and percussion and a psyche guitar with feedbacks. An overlooked release from last year for your pleasure.
Another unexpected song came to my ears a few days ago. Peck & Beck released Death Valley High Beck was already a musical chameleon when the term didn't yet exist and Orville Peck is said to be a hip representative of dark country, whatever that may be. In any case, they manage to combine more ideas such as country, funk, blues and rap in just under three minutes. The result is an anthem to Sin City, which also convinces visually with a cameo by Sharon Stone, among others. A
This title could not describe this year's summer any better. Short periods of dry heat are followed by days with more or less heavy rain showers. Far too bad to enjoy the kind of summer we were used to. Maybe 1981 was a similar summer, but this song probably has nothing to do with the weather. Rain Rain Rain opens the album Daga Daga Daga by Soundtracks & Head, which was re-released a few weeks ago. To cut a long story short: it's a lost gem from the post-punk era. Maybe 1981 was a similar summer, but this song probably has nothing to do with the weather. Rain Rain Rain opens the album Daga Daga Daga by Soundtracks and Head, which was re-released a few weeks ago. To cut a long story short: it's a lost gem from the post-punk era. Epic Soundtracks and Jowe Head were pioneers of the British DIY-scene in the late 70's and founding members of Swell Maps. After the split of their band and before they joined other bands they came together for a two day session to record these songs. Influenced by German electronic punk by DAF, the New York Nu-Jazz scene, Holger Czukay and Burundian drums, a unique work was created that has unfortunately disappeared into oblivion. And I didn't knew that Carmel appeard on this song.
I have to admit that I have always had an affection for the music of Kelly Lee Owens. Now she has announced her new album Dreamstate for next October and released Love You Got as a single to whet your appetite. I didn't expected from the Welsh producer and electronic musician nothing more than another fine combination of reduced techno and synths as a floor for he amazing voice. And I was not disappointed about this hypnotic dance track that could lead you through the summer.
This post has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the French band of the same name. Rather, these lines are about a song that was written and released some time ago by JIM, a Balearic/folk/rock project from Nottingham. I recently came across this project and their songs, which are worth mentioning here at another time. This remix was created by Crooked Man, a project by Sheffield's Richard Barratt, who has been travelling under various pseudonyms for years. This version is a little gem that has received far too little attention to date. A clear rhythm/groove over which ethereal variations waft, gentle yet demanding and propulsive. A song that could appear on many end-of-year lists.
In the late 70's/early 80's the heads of Blondie and Ramones fan club. Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers started their band The Gun Club. Not knowing that they made a groundbreaking album with Fire Of Love from 1981 when they combined classic blues, rockabilly and punk to a melange named psychobilly blues and a never heard before slide guitar . In the early and mid-80s, The Gun Club were probably one of the most influential bands on the Los Angeles music scene, if only because of their legendary debut album "Fire of Love". What made Pierce and his band stand out was their wild, raw fusion of punk and blues, captured in killer songs like Sex Beat and She's Like Heroin to Me, roughly comparable to what The Cramps had done with rockabilly in a similarly legendary way at almost the same time. When I bought the album and played it for the first time, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This mixture of priestly enlightenment and punk was unusual and disturbing. But this music captivated me right from the start and Miami, the follow-up album, was another highlight. For me, it is still an album that is almost perfect and should appear in SWC's series.
The Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me
The Gun Club - Sex Beat
The Gun Club - Preaching The Blues
The Gun Club - For The Love Of Ivy
If there ever was a band/artist that can be squarely tied to what is now dubbed as ambient country it is the trio that goes under the name of SUSS. SUSS have quickly become the cornerstone of this rapidly evolving genre with their ongoing work on a series of large-scale, slow-moving soundscapes. A few weeks ago they released their last album Birds & Beasts and to be honest, there are no changes to their albums before. Maybe the songs are more spaced out and more wide-screen but still on a very high level. And you don't have to be a huge fan of a pedal steel guitar to enjoy this album.
My inbox is overflowing and it's getting harder and harder to find a few gems from the plethora of new releases. This time it was the debut album by Drunk At Your Wedding, the project of Berlin singer-songwriter Nina Töllner. Her songs are based on classic folk-rock that has its roots in the 70s British folk-rock scene, but transfers them into the present day with accentuated acoustic and electronic guitars. Their sound is most comparable to that of Gemma Hayes, which is certainly not the worst. With the changes within the songs, Nina manages to ensure that the attention rarely wanes and one is curious to see how the individual song will develop. One of the better albums released during the last months.
Now it's official, Germany no longer have any hope of winning the European Championship after losing to Spain in a very good game in the second half. The team has achieved more than I gave them credit for before the final round. It's just a shame that the coach was wrong with his line-up and substitutions. Many of those who watched the game felt a great emptiness after the defeat and I was no different. To take my mind off things, I once again listened to Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi, the album by African Head Charge from 2020. Still an album that impresses me with it's quiet flow.
African Head Charge - Dub Some More
In the days where punk started Dan Treacy formed Television Personalities an obscure band playing a melange of post-punk, neo-psychedelia and indie-pop. Far ahead of many other bands from this era they included mod-sound by The Kinks with early Pink Floyd style. They got into my radar with a laconic song about punk style that got a classic from the late 70's.
When punk started in the mid 70's Manchester's Buzzcocks were one of the first that made the fusion of of punk and power pop for the blueprint of new wave. Their singer/songwriter Howard Devote left the band to form Magazine, that developed their sound and included art rock into their sound. Their debut album Real Life is a classic in this genre and had any ingredients of new music that should inspire a lot of bands after. This album was on very heavy rotation almost 50 years ago at my place and one of those reasons why I left many other music influences behind. A classic record that should be featured once again.
Stars Planet Dust Me by Mountain Of One was one of the highlights from 2022. A very fine mixture of synth, cosmic pop and Balearic influenced album that was fully remixed last winter by Ricardo Villalobos. Now Surrender, a highlight from the album was released. This dub version shows what you can make out of sunny relaxed song when you lay a funky bass and a post-punk rhythm over the original. A wonderful mix and a great start into the second half of the year.
The trend towards instrumental albums seems unbroken and the central element is and remains the electric guitar. Many bands in this genre are more associated with country or surf music. Hermanos Gutiérrez - the Ecuadorian-Swiss sibling duo of Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez combine the sound of Morricone's Spaghetti Western with Latin American sounds and a touch of psychedelia on their new record. Music and soundscapes that need no words to sound fantastic.
Another superb compilation by Bristol Archive Records was released yesterday. Their releases each cover a style of music that was released by local artists decades ago. Whilst last time the label highlighted the Bristol reggae scene, this time they turn their attention to the post-punk scene again . As you would expect, there are plenty of bands to discover here that were previously unknown to me. This compilation also lives up to its promise. A great overview of the music of the early 80's. Often with funk influences, short chords and/or massive drums. An album that simply gave me pleasure with its journey through time.
It was back in spring 1998 when a Gravelands by King was released and turned into the album that was played in almost every pub in my town. It's clever that an Irish postman came up with the idea of reinterpreting classics from the last few decades by laying a sonorous Elvis Presley voice over the classic song structures. It is of course perfectly legitimate to condemn this seemingly cheap concept of reinterpreting well-known world hits in this way, but for sentimental minds with a secret penchant for schmaltzy romanticism, this is a real treat. The initial euphoria of hearing classics in a new guise was fascinating at first, but quickly lost its lustre. Despite everything, it's an album that I enjoy listening to from time to time - even if it's just to hear these old songs again.
In the days when music said goodbye to the dinosaurs and turned to new shores, there were plenty of bands that accompanied this transition but didn't get the recognition they deserved. Many groups from the pub rock scene have accompanied the path to punk but few others have faded into obscurity. One of these bands was Doctors of Madness, founded in 1975 in Brixton by guitarist and singer Richard Strange. Partly they anticipated the power and energy of punk and partly they were deeply rooted in the sound of early David Bowie with a high proportion of the sound of Cockney Rebel. I recently rediscovered them and listened to their music and I have to say that their sound with the integration of a violin at that time is extraordinary but also fascinating in a certain way. Doctors of Madness only existed for a few years, but left their footprint in music history.
A few days ago I rediscovered a track from last year by Dirt Bogarde, a British producer and DJ. His music is a superb melange of Balearic, slow acid house and cosmic chug. Peyote Plains is one of those relaxed tunes you hear and will come back to it. Nothing more for me than an overlooked song from last year.
A brief summary after a week of European Championship football on television. Many teams have not convinced me and delivered the performances that they undoubtedly have. Only Spain impressed me with the way they played football. The Scottish fans are an enrichment and, no matter which city they were in, represented their home country in an inimitable way. Chapeau. As the fans will be arriving in Stuttgart today, I will be on my way in the late morning to welcome them to our city.
Today's song is from Water Still Flows, the new album by Nashville's ambient explorer Rich Ruth. Still based on mesmerizing loops, he complements his cosmic music with a heavier guitar sound, electronic drones and occasionally interrupts his flow with fragments of free jazz. I think this is another album not easy to listen but with so many ideas inside that it could get a hidden gem.
Last week British Murder Boys, a long running project by DJ's Surgeon and Regis, returned with a new album. Both were regular acts in Berlin's former techno temple Tresor at the begin of the new century. Mostly based on massive drums, a rattling bass and menacing synths the create an actual version of modern techno. Hypnotic and far from everything I listened to this year so far.
It's seldom that I feature the same artist within a few weeks but I can't resist doing this with the last release by 100 Poems, the project of Dublin's DJ and producer Mike Wilson. Ten weeks ago he surprised me with his first release Everything's Balearic When You Believe and now he's back with another album full of spaced out Balearic sounds. His trademark is the combination of typical Balearic beats and Westcoast sound guitars. Sometimes I think the guitars are played by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour but this doesn't disturb and fits perfect to the rest of the music
I couldn't imagine that my employer would give me so much work to do in my last weeks before I retire and that I would have to finalize projects. I also had to deal with a lot of correspondence with the pension fund in order to fulfill the formal requirements for my pension. For this reason, and because I couldn't muster the time, I decided to take a break from updating this blog last week. Last Friday, as usual, I had a look through the new releases of the week to see if anything had been published that was worth mentioning. The only thing that stuck in my mind was the release of Come Undone, the latest release by Glasgow's Walt Disco. Their music is more than retro and is orientated towards the best times of David Bowie, Roxy Music,Talking Heads and glam-pop, who try to bring their music to the dance floor. Surely not groundbreaking but good and a journey back to these days.
Spititualized released their third album Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in Space in 1997 and I was confused when I listened to it the first time. Somewhere between Spacemen 3's feedback sound, 6ß's psychedelia, Brit-pop and solid songwriting I couldn't file them and was not sure if it was worse or a great album. After listening to the album more times I found the beauty of the songs and have to say that they made a little masterpiece from the 90's.
Spiritualized - I Think I'm In Love
Yesterday our city celebrated the 25th anniversary of a music night. It all started when a local musician brought back an idea from France. Several musicians and bands were to play in various pubs on one evening and the proceeds were to be donated to social projects. What began as a very good idea developed over the last few decades into a commercial collection of local cover bands that were more and mostly less good. Only the inclusion of DJs brought a fresh sound and was a far cry from the oldies that were too often replayed. After several years I bought myself a ticket and has to say that nothing had changed. And to be honest I only went there to meet some friends I didn't see for a long time and that was joy.
Today's song is a remix originally released a few years ago on a sampler by Higher Love Records by Residentes Balearicos, a two piece electronic project by two Italians living in Ibiza. Don't ask me who Puerto Montt City Orchestra is, I couldn't find details and presume, that they are some label-mates. Anyway it is a song that leads into the upcoming summer with it's superb Balearic vibes.
Spring 1998: Modern Talking are celebrating their comeback, Celine Dion has been at the top of the German singles charts for months with My Heart Will Go On. Light-heartedness and sentimentalism are on the agenda. Back then, I came across a song that, with its creeping slow-motion beats and ominous electronics, was completely different to what most of the mainstream had to offer. It was joined by a strange voice that sang ‘love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ...’ after around a minute and a half. This was followed by a heavy electric guitar. Emotional abysses opened up. I had never heard anything so dark. This song was Angel from Massive Attack's third album. While the predecessors Blue Lines and Protection were already in a class of their own, Massive Attack have created a monument to themselves with Mezzanine. With reggae legend Horace Andy on vocals Angel became the trademark of their sound and still a song that shaped this years sound.
Massive Attack - Angel
Yesterday evening I watched the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund together with a few huge Dortmund supporters and once again I had to face the fact that Madrid couldn't loose a final game. Dortmund was for a long time the better team and had chances galore but as always Madrid needs one chance to make a goal and win the game. Later this evening when being at home I listened to Frog In Boiling Water the new album by Brooklyn's four piece band DIIV. They returned after personal problems and drug abuse with an album I didn't expected this way. They have said goodbye to their sound of distorted hardcore and borrowings from rap and turned to more melancholic sounds. The result is a powerful work of dark dreampop, post-rock carpets and lulling shoegaze. Not new but their songs are fresh and far above the average.
Today starts the meteorological summer and the forecast that we could expect steady rain during the next days. In this constellation, I can stay at home with a clear conscience and finally finish reading the books that have been waiting too long and reorganize my record collection. The soundtrack to it could be something like Trentemøller, a Danish indie/electronic music producer and was featured at this place a couple of times. Now he is going to release a new album later this year and he released a first appetizer. With A Different Light he includes elements of folk into his music. Dark wave meets dreampop, and acoustic guitar meets synth lines and wistful vocals seems to be right according the weather.
Brighton's female three piece post-punk band released Lambrini Girls two new songs these days. Anyone who finds the new side of the Idles too soft and prefers to scream about the grievances in the UK should definitely keep these newcomers on their radar. The brutal bass is also strongly reminiscent of the noise band from Ireland but you can find ingredients of Bikini Kill and Savages in their sound as well. Their lyrics sounds like Sleaford Mods on speed. Too much name dropping - maybe but it's what comes to my mind when I listen to those short and fast songs.
A few days ago I rediscovered Ellis Island Sound while making a backup on an external drive. EIS were a mostly instrumental duo formed by Peter Astor and David Sheppard in the late 90's. I listened to their album Regions from 2014 once again after a long time and was surprised that their sound still works well for me. They created a soundscape with mostly instrumental songs somewhere between neo-Krautrock, folk, jangly guitars and some African influences. Nothing more or less than another sadly forgotten band.
Ellis Island Sound - The Letting Go
Ellis Island Sound - Nairobi / Köln
In 1980 Ian McNabb, a Liverpool musician, appeared with his band The Icicle Works on the scene. Like many of those bands from this era he combined post-punk and new wave with a creative kind of songwriting. The early songs of this band were a highlight for me in the 80s. Their sound is similar to many others but McNabb had the ability to write on of the best songs from the beginning of the decade. Based on an steady rhythm section and short guitar licks he wrote hymns of the early 80s guitar pop sounds. Still a band that should have more credits in music history.
Almost 50 years ago reggae music got more and more popular in our countries. The first wave of musicians from Jamaica to become widely recognized were Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley and Burning Spear. Born as Winston Rodney he recorded with some of reggae's most renowned instrumentalists were involved as studio musicians his debut Marcus Garvey. Inspired by Garvey, a Jamaican politician and prophet of the Rastafari movement he made a classic roots reggae album. Chris Blackwell signed him for his Island label and released this album in Europe - but in an alternative mix to make it more compatible for the European market. As this mix was not agreed with the artist, Burning Spear was allowed to release a dub version of the album Garvey's Ghost in the same year, which became a classic of the dub-reggae.
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Yesterday our friend SWC over at No Badger Required featured in his superb series an album by Conner Bright Eyes. Listening to it again it made me want to listen to Phoebe Bridgerss debut from 2017 Stranger In The Alps because she worked and toured with him. Bridgers is a American singer/songwriter with a classic education as a jazz singer and her songs are much different to the songwriter genre because her songs are well arranged and non-typical instruments like strings, bells and some low guitars were included to her sound. Her debut got many critical acclaim but she never reached the top. Now she's active with Boygenius, another three-girl indie-folk band that was featured at this place several times. I thought it is fair to play this song in this series because I rediscovered it after years and it sounds new.
Not only that she writes great songs with intelligent lyrics, she is also able to create with her brother some outstanding videos that sometimes are far beyond the average viewing habits.
Today I turn 65 and another year has passed far too quickly and I reflect on everything that has happened in these years. We are getting older and that is inevitable. And transience is a theme that crops up in every genre of music, from rock n' roll to country and blues. And songs that have dealt with getting older, the past and everything in between. It's impossible to pick a favourite, especially when you consider how much choice is out there. That's why I limited myself to the songs that came to me spontaneously and that have stayed with me over the years.
The first time I heard about a CBGB, a club in New York was in autumn 1976 in some music newspapers. I couldn't imagine what this club was and only Patti Smith was a household name to me. Bands like Talking Heads, The Ramones or Television were no names to me because I couldn't get any records of them and there were no radio station around playing them. Everything changed a year later when the first punk movement swept over the Atlantic ocean. One of the first so called punk albums I owned was Cabretta by Mink DeVille. It was one of the initial sparks for my future taste in music. Of course Mink DeVille was everything but not punk. But the were the link of classic rock, combined with some latin ingredients and the new music. Venus Of Avenue D was a song Bruce Springsteen would be proud to have written, Cadillac Walk was classic rock with much verve and Mixed Up Shook Up Girl is a song that could be appeared on every early album by Van Morrison. Cabretta was one of those albums I played to death when I first got it and still doesn't lose it's attraction almost 50 years later.
Mink DeVille - Venus On Avenue D
Mink DeVille - Cadillac Walk
Mink DeVille - Mixed Up Shook Up Girl
Back in 1990 Bristol's The Aeroplanes released in my opinion their masterpiece Swagger, an album of jangly guitar sound with mostly spoken lyrics. I don't really know if they were in UK as big as in Germany these days but you could hear this music in almost every pub. Seldom before and after I listened to a guitar-rock album with pure joy (except Sugar's Copper Blue). Swagger is a guitar-led album somewhere between guitar-driven bands like Big Country and the upcoming shoe-gaze like Ride. The guitar carries catchy melodies and not the voice. Something unusual for the time. Sure an album that stood the test of times.
The Blue Aeroplanes - What It Is
