Day 338
Klaus & Kinski: just a few days ago I was recommending Alexanderplatz, the solo project of one of the Klaus & Kinski members. Well, there’s some news about this band! There is a vinyl reissue of their album “Tierra, Trágalos” for its 10th anniversary coming up on Jabalina! It is coming out on March 1st on vinyl! It includes all songs from the original release plus a cover of “Lalala” by Ataque de Caspa.
The Leontini Vernacular: the latest on Shore Dive Records from Brighton is an EP titled “Anthropause” by The Leontini Vernacular. Here are 6 songs, three labeled as demos and one remix, of psychedelic guitars and shoegazey feel. Out now on CD though it seems it will be sold out soon!
Arrest! Charlie Tipper: the Bristol band will be back with a limited edition 7″! Limited to 120 copies, this new record on the Local Underground label, will have two songs, “Five Aces” and “(I’ve Never Been to) Alaska”, and we can preview the opening track as we speak. The opening track will also be part of the double album “Adventures in Wonderland” that will be released this summer.
А в голове море: I don’t understand nor can read Russian. But I can see “Москва” and now it is Moscow. That’s the name of the latest song by this band. It is a fine slice of new wavy indiepop with female vocals. I don’t know much about the band, but I enjoy this song!
Bad Visuals: and to end this week on a high note let’s check out “So Broken” by the Oakland, California, band Bad Visuals. This four piece formed by John, Geoff, Chris and Josh are new to me. So it was a nice surprise to listen this fuzzy and bright track. The melodies and vocals kind of reminded me a bit of The Ocean Blue, though yeah, the guitars being a bit different. It’s cool!
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Who were The Marnies?
The information seems scarce. Discogs does list the one and only record they put out, a self-released 7″ from 1989 that was titled “Watch the Clock”.
This record had two songs, “Electric Wires” on the A side and “Watch the Clock” on the B side. The information that we gather from the record sleeve and labels is that the band was formed by:
Damian Tesoriero on drums
Patrick McArdle on guitar and vocals
Anthony Camm on bass and vocals
Terrance Vella on guitar
We also know that the two songs were recorded at Apollo Sound Studios in Coburg, on December 12, 1988, and that they were engineered by Maurice Coppola. The photo of the band that appears on the label was taken by Maria Sokratis. We also find an address of the band, North Fitzroy, that’s Melbourne, right?
The sleeve of the record that I’ve seen online looks hand-printed, on purple ink. Discogs lists two compilation appearances, but of much more recent days, so I really doubt it is the same band.
It seems the first blog to write about them was the fine Wilfully Obscure blog. The post actually dates from 2011! 9 years ago. That’s what it took me to discover them. Sadly the details shared are the same as I just mentioned in my post. BUT….
There is a comment by someone called Dr. Keats. He mentions many interesting tidbits about the band.
The band formed in 1987 and their name was taken from the 1964 Hitchcock film “Marnie”. He mentions too that Patrick McArdle had been in a band called Vacuum Safari Suits, and he, Camm and Vella met at LaTrobe University.
The band played many of the classic venues of Melbourne including Punters Club, Evelyn Hotel, Empress of India, Royal Artillery, Limbo Club and more, playing alongside the Rhythm Pigs, Tyrnaround and a favourite of mine, The Falling Joys at The Tote.
Here we learn too that McArdle was the one who sang “Watch the Clock” while Camm sang “Electric Wires”. That at their gigs teh band used to finish their show with a cover of “Yesterday’s Hero” by John Paul Young. In 1989 Tesoreiro left the band andw as replaced by Maurice Toneatto. Later Tesoreiro would rejoin. In late 1990 or early 1991 the band called it quits.
And then some good information, McArdle and Tesoreiro were later in a band called Power Chime.
Lastly I find a Soundcloud by Patrick McArdle! There are a trove of songs here! I wonder if any of them are by The Marnies!
That was quite some good information. I honestly thought I’d find less info about them. Again, how come I couldn’t put together a compilation of Australian bands, I don’t know. They seemed all so little interested. It would have been so cool.
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Listen
The Marnies – Electric Wires
