Day 492

Dan Dan Dero: been a fan of the Lima, Peru, band for years. The band had released the song “Como Rei Ayanami” some time ago but just this weekend they published a video for it. And as it is a very nice video I had to share it. It is very well made and the song is ace, so do check it out.

Comet Gain: “David Christian sings Comet Gain/Feckbook” is a collection of 12 Comet Gains from the vault. Recorded at home, “3am-style” by David Feck. These superb set of songs include classics like “Footstompers”, “You Can Hide Your Love Forever” or “Say Yes! to International Socialism” among others. Super interesting to hear these songs in this way.

Coffee Garden: two new songs by the guitarist from the lovely Japanese band Milk Film. Coffee Garden is his solo project and his last release are two instrumental tracks, “Nica’s Holiday” and “How Sweet to do Nothing”. The art for this digital songs are by the terribly talented Ma, who did the art for Parcel Post 7″ and The Danny Says mini CD on Cloudberry!

The Biirthday Party: yes, two i on Biirthday here. This band hails from Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand and make some nice jangly dreamy pop. Their only release dates from May 2020 and was titled “stayalonewithmyloveliesfriends”. It has three terrific songs but we don’t know anything else about the band. There is a profile photo which is blurry. Looks like a three-piece. Would be great to know more about this Thai band! Have to thank my friend David for this discovery!

Hovvdy: and we end this week recommending this four-piece from Austin, Texas, who are releasing their album “True Love” on October 1st. The album will have 12 songs and is coming out on vinyl, cassette and CD. Ambitious! Right now we can preview just one song, “True Love”, which won me over, enough to recommend twelve songs and only having heard one. Hope they don’t disappoint!

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Another good discovery I just made through stoneeyedkiller is the Hull band Full Cry. On his Youtube channel, this like-minded pop fan, has uploaded the song “High With You” which immediately made me a fan of the band.

Sadly I haven’t been able to find any other songs by them to listen. But as always I need to find out more about the band. Any details would help.

The band seems to have been around the early 90s and most of their songs appeared on various tapes. The first song I know from them is called “Seashell Michelle” which appeared on a tape called “Tales from the Riverbank”.

In 1992 the band released a self-titled tape with 5 songs. These were “High with You”, “Melted”, “Seashell Michelle”, “None the Wiser” and “Brutal Children”. Maybe this was a demo tape they used to try to get the attention of labels? Or radio? Would be good to know about this release.

That same year they released “Now That’s What we Call Hull”. This is where I think our friend stoneeyedkiller found the wonderful “High With You”. Full Cry appears on this compilation tape on the A side with the eight song.  What is cool is that this compilation is up on Soundcloud and you can check all the songs. I will do the same. As I think there are more pop bands here worth tracking down!

In 1993 the band also contributed to the “Nice 1” compilation tape. The song they had on this tape was “None the Wiser”.

That same year the band releases their second tape, “My Angel Died a Radio Death”. 5 more original songs on this one, “All be the Same”, “Slap Ya Daft”, “Doubt”, “Orgasm Head” and “Suicide’s Kiss”.

1994 sees them releasing another tape, “Confidence with Asthma”. This time they record 8 songs, “Hand”, “Honey”, “Razorwire”, “Poker Sexy” and “Ming’s Ring” on the A side and “Dolphin Chrome”, “Pressure” and “Headhum” on the B side.

Lastly in 1995 one more tape. “Howard’s End” may have been the last release of the band, and on it they had 7 songs, “Plastic Girl”, “All Day Forever” and “Born in Time for Star Wars” on the A side and “Pedestrian”, “Stalker (improv.)”, “Dreamless Sleep, Lifeless Dream” and “If the Clouds Come” on the B side.

So ok, we know a bunch of their songs. We dont know any of the band members names. We have only heard one song. It is something. The good thing too is that it has allowed me to discover more Hull bands that will be featured on the blog shortly. I hope we find more details about Full Cry, but I think this investigation has gone in the right direction!

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Listen
Full Cry – High with You