Day 485

Ducks Ltd.: I still haven’t got around getting the first album by this superb Toronto band. I know, I know. I am a slow listener now. I used to listen many more records per week. Now one or two are about what I can handle. And there are so many (and not that much money!). You might think I get free records from the blog, but in due honesty that is SUPER rare. And I don’t expect any either. I do this for love. Anyhow, that’s a long introduction! Ducks Ltd. is releasing a new album, on vinyl and CD, called “Modern Fiction”. So far we can preview one song, “18 Cigarettes”, which sounds ace. The album will be out on October 1st. One not to miss for sure!

The No-Yeahs: two new songs and this time on a flexi! How cool! There’s even a video for the title song “Catto in the Ghetto”. And yes, there’s a second song in this flexi titled “Let’s Go” and it is as nice. Anna makes wonderful bedroom pop and she is also a great visual artist, so you can expect some nice art with the record!

Love, Burns: it burns. Missing the 7″ burns. now there are three new songs by Phil’s band but this time around they are only available digitally. These are “She Will Leave, Unless”, “Say What You Mean” and “The Push and Pull of the Great Outdoors”. All are terrific as usual. I really hope I can catch him and his band live soon!

The Bunbury: in this blog we like the Yogyakarta band, a lot! A new song, after a year, is good news. Of course I want more, one song is never enough, but “Hide me from the Sun” meets all of my expectations. Great work guys!

Tears to Go: remember the fantastic When Nalda Became Punk? Elena, the Vigo based, indiepop star is back with a new project. It is called Tears to Go and it is a bit different. The punchy pop has been replaced by classy and elegantly arranged introspective pop. And it works! Works fine to me. The first preview we are getting from the upcoming album “Patronizing Self-Help” is an eponymous song which is up now on Bandcamp.

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A fantastic record. That’s the “Your Island” 7″ that was released in 1984 by Final Diners. This record just had two songs, “Your Island” on the A side and “No Windows” on the B side.

I have a copy of the record but just of the vinyl, I don’t have the sleeve. It was my friend Jessel who was kind enough to gift me this record. I hope to find a sleeve someday though. It feels a bit incomplete, not having the sleeve. When that happens to you? That you have the record but no jacket or sleeve, how do you feel?

Many years ago I was actually contacted by one of the band members, Neil was his name. He was the guitar player. He told me that there were only 200 sleeves made as they couldn’t afford making more, that they did them all themselves.

I tried to interview him, he seemed keen on it, saying that Martin, who was the drummer, would also be up for doing the interview. For some reason I never heard from them again. A shame. It would have been fantastic to learn any information about them.

The 7″ was released by a label called Slow Death by Starlight (CAV 019). Discogs doesn’t list any other releases on the label, so I wonder as the catalog number is 19 if there were any other releases. I read that the catalog might have to do with Cavalier Recording Studios in Stockport. The record got some nice distribution thanks to Probe Plus and The Cartel.

The record shows the three band members, Neil, Martin and Alyson, on the front of the sleeve. It is a drawing of them, having picnic. There is a rope hanging too… is it going to hang anyone? This sleeve was designed by Jenny.

No compilation appearances are listed. Were these the only two songs the band recorded? I hope not. Probably just the only two they released. Are there demos?

I do find some more info thanks to a comment on Youtube. There it mentions that the band hailed from Manchester, from the Cheadle/Heald Green area. It also mentions that the vocalist was probably named Alison.

Sadly that’s all I’ve been able to find. I don’t know the last names of the band members and have no clue if they were in other bands afterwards (or before!). Any information would be appreciated, I would love to hear any other songs by the band too!

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Final Diners – Your Island