Something’s Coming Closer, I Can Only Stare

My last posting got me thinking about non-LP in-between LP singles and thought I’d dig up a few from the same era as the Sound over the next few days. The Comsat Angels actually toured with the Sound in 1981 and they released singles both before and after 2nd LP ‘Sleep No More’ which didn’t…

In The Hothouse

  Today’s post is a follow-up to a recent post on the Sound. After their raw debut LP, their second, ‘From The Lion’s Mouth’ was a far more polished affair produced by Hugh Jones, who also produced the Bunnymen’s ‘Heaven Up Here’. Even though the LP’s single ‘Sense of Purpose’ was excellent, the more commercial…

Knocked Out, Drunk & Loaded

Thanks to excellent service from Resonance, I am now the proud owner of Desert Hearts’ second LP ‘Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki’. And you know, what? It’s great. At its core is a clutch of crunching rock songs. ‘Sea Punk’ is still my favourite but that’s possibly only until I get to know the others a little…

Cut Off In Their Prime (1) – Flying

I listen to a lot of music in the car and up until getting a car with a CD player that meant listening to tapes. However tapes are only 45 minutes or so long and sometimes the tape would run out just in the middle of the last track on a record. So I thought…

Baby, It’s Time We Give Something New A Try

You know what it feels like to fall out of love with a band? Where once you used to be desperate for every new release, the latest record is purchased more through habit than through desire. What used to excite now feels old. Sure, if you can take an objective view, there are plenty of…

Myspace Jukebox Jury (4) – Desert Hearts

Yeah, I know it’s been a long time. There have been a couple of bands recently whose work I’ve been encouraged to purchase after a brief check of their Myspace (The Twilight Sad and The Kissaway Trail) but I bought the records so quickly that I wrote them up as ‘proper’ reviews rather than a…