Day 604
Seablite: the ace Seablite will be back on Emotional Response Records with a new 7″ that is to be released on January 1st! Happy New Year! The single will include two songs, “Breadcrumbs” and “Ink Bleeds”, and right now we can preview the first one on Bandcamp. And you’ll notice immediately that this one is a goodie. So yeah, this record seems like a good way to start the year!
Boyracer: and checking at other releases I might have missed on Emotional Response I discover the “Bulletproof EP” by the legendary Boyracer. This EP includes “Bulletproof” that was in the “Assuaged” album plus 3 exclusive songs, one of them a cover of Nocturnal Projections. The EP is out now as a cassette. As usual, Boyracer delivers!
Young Guv: “III” is the new album by Young Guv. That was an easy introduction. I had previously recommended the project of Ben Cook and his previous releases. This time around his new record will be out on January 11 on the Hand Drawn Dracula label from Toronto. The record is coming out on vinyl and will include 11 songs. We can preview just one so far, “Lo Lo Lonely”, so we’ll have to be patient to listen to the rest!
Jim Shepherd: wow! The Jasmine Minks member has just put up on his Soundcloud 3 songs he recorded back in 1988 on his own. These are “The Landlord”, “Something Missing” and “Must We?”. These are great. You wonder how many more superb songs waiting to be re-discovered he must have in his cupboard.
Hank Idory: “Sentimental Jamboree” I am guessing will be a new album on Pretty Olivia Records. There is just one song available to listen on the label’s Bandcamp and is called “Nadie Sabe Nada”. This is a sweet song, really pretty. Sadly there’s no info about the band or the release. I guess that is coming up soon? Maybe we went ahead and recommended this too early?
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Been a while since I checked the Youtube channel of stoneeyedkiller. There are usually some great pop songs there by obscure bands, many that I have never heard about. The latest discovery for me there is the band Godfish.
The song is called “Pencils” and it seems it was released in 1989. Aside from that there is no other information. There is no photo either. Clearly it has proven difficult to the person behind this Youtube account to find more details. The good thing is that the song is a lovely slice of jangle. Can I find any more details about them?
Well I find the song on another account. The account is by Timothy Groves who was the drummer of Godfish. The other band members were Andy Davies on vocals and guitar and Kevin Hutchins on bass. This particular song seems to date from 1985 according to this account! Also it mentions it was recorded at DTS Studios in Rochester and was written by Kevin Hutchins.
A comment says that the band hailed from Gillingham. I’ve been to Rochester but never to Gillingham.
Gillingham is a large town in the county of Kent in South East England. For local government purposes it is in the unitary authority of Medway. Gillingham means a “homestead of Gylla’s family”, from Old English ham (“village, homestead”) and ingas (“family, followers”), and was first recorded in the 10th century as Gyllingeham. The town’s name is pronounced with a soft ‘g’ (as in ‘ginger’), compared to the hard ‘g’ (as in ‘girl’) used for Gillingham, Dorset and Gillingham, Norfolk.
On his account it is the only song he has uploaded of his old band. But then on Soundcloud he also has an account. There you can find “Pencils” but also another song, “Heaven Calls“.
Now, we do some memory. Right, I know this Soundcloud! I wrote about another of Tim Groves’ bands! I wrote about Yellow Bird some months ago. Why didn’t I check his band Godfish then? I was planning to write about Spinning Belinda and I still haven’t done so. Maybe that should be my next post. On that post I mention many of the bands he had been in like The Ultra Parents, The Gemms, Big Humming Noise, The Direction and Scuz.
Right. He was involved in many nice indiepop bands. How come there were no proper records? How come these songs and bands are this obscure? Would be great to know!
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Listen
Godfish – Pencils
