Day 460

Lentillas de Colores: just a month ago I was recommending a CD release by the León, Spain. Well, it didn’t take long for them to announce a new vinyl release! It is coming out on July 19 and includes 4 songs! You can preview all four songs on Bandcamp as well as grab some lovely merch like totebags and t-shirts!

The Goon Sax: after the announcement of their upcoming album “Mirror II”, the Brisbane-trio has released a video for the song “Psychic”! Great video, great song. Can’t wait for the album.

Jilted Jonas: oh! It’s been a while since we heard from the Swede based in Berlin. Well, the wait is over and there’s a new catchy indiepop track called “Silent Kisses”. It is a fine slice of lo-fi indiepop. Perfect for this sunny weekend!

Pelopincho: one of our favourite Latin American bands, the Buenos Aires combo has released a new video for their song “Tijeras Oxidadas” which was released on June 10th. The album is “Loop Adolecente” and will be available digitally.

Skiftande Enheter: oh, I feel bad for having missed this 7″. I only discovered it the other day. It came out on a label I was not aware of, Chunklet Industries from Atlanta. The 7″ which is now sold out included two songs, “Lögn” and “Bättre Förr”. The band is very Flying Nun sounding, that’s a good thing. The songs are really good. So yeah, let’s listen to them on Bandcamp. 50 copies are too little…

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A few days ago I got a request to look into this US band. I must say I have never heard of them before so that picked my curiosity. On top of that, the one song I was able to listen on the web, “Space of Ten Days”, sounded like candy to my ears. So I couldn’t say no, and I am here doing some detective work on the blog.

The song I mentioned was included in an 8-song album called “Priests & Poets” that was released by S.H.C. Records (002A) in 1987. I would guess that this was the band’s own label as both releases listed are by the same band.

Indeed, the other release, a 7″ with two songs, “All the Guns” on the A side and “Conversation” on the B side, was released in 1986 by the same label (001A). I am checking the back of the jacket and I find some information that may help us find out more about them.

To start the two songs were produced by Chan Poling and thee band. The first song, “All the Guns”, was engineered by D. Goulet while the B side was engineered by M. Owens and K. Glynn. Sadly there are no first names anywhere but on the sleeve design credits, John Myron Hansen.

One thing though is that the label has an address in Minneapolis. And the contact person of the label is not one of the band members. We see this name, S. Koebel Price. Maybe then, the band and the label were two different entities?

Oh! And yes, of course, the band members appear here too. Michael Jacobson on words and guitars, Davids Sarma on guitar, D. Moriarty on bass and Mike Padilla on drums and percussion.

Now let’s get back to the 1987 album. I mentioned 8 songs. These were “Daylight”, “25th Year”, “Martyr” and “In this Life” on the A side and “Grayed Expectations”, “Space of Ten Days”, “Until You Smile” and “Drop the Ball” on the B side. All songs were recorded at Nicollet Studios which was based in Minneapolis. I feel by this point we can safely assume that the band hailed from there.

I also notice some changes in the band. I don’t see a D. Moriarty but a Ben Peters on bass and vocals. Davids Sarma is now credited on cello as well. The producers for this record was Chris Osgood (from Buzz Barker & the Atomic Bums, L73 and The Suicide Commandos) and the band. The engineeer was Steve Fjelstad (who had done some remixes for R.E.M. and was part of L73, Fingerprints and Figures). The art is credited again to John Myron Hansen.

I don’t see on Discogs any compilation appearances. I don’t see any other bands they might have been involved with.

I look for them. I find that Davids Sarma was once part of the Tau Beta Pi and graduated cum laude at the University of Minnesota in 1994. It proves a bit harder to track the other band members as their names are a bit more common.

And that’s really it. I couldn’t find any more info. But I hope some of the readers from Minneapolis can help with more details!

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Listen
Circle of Eyes – Space of Ten Days