Some cool gigs coming up in NYC that I want to go. First is Cariño at Knitting Factory on April 28. I have a ticket for this. The second one is Say Sue Me at Bowery Ballroom on May 4. This one I haven’t managed to get permission to go to, but I hope I do. The “good” thing is that they are at night and that there are opening bands. So even leaving home at 8pm, after baby falls asleep, I might be able to catch them.
It’s been a while since I went to a concert. More than two years. Let’s see if I can make them!
Vansire: just discovered this dreampop band from Rochester, Minnesota. The band is a duo formed by Samuel Winemiller and Josh Augustin. Their latest release is a digital single called “Kind of a Nice Time” that is really pretty. The band also announces a new album coming out on May 6th.
Petite League: I will go see the Spanish band Cariño in Brooklyn at the end of the month. One of the opening bands is this New York combo. Their latest song is “Pantone Karaoke” which I didn’t get immediately. I prefer their previous effort “Floating Blue” which has a catchier chorus and poppier melodies. The band says they hail from Queens, and that’s something I like. I need to keep listening to their songs, there’s some good stuff!
Peaness: the Chester band is a favourite of many in the indiepopworld. The threee piece know how to craft a good pop song. Their latest “IRL” is no exception. The song will be part of the band’s new album “World Full of Worry” that is coming out on May 6th on vinyl and CD.
Sea Lemon: another digital single. This song is titled “Turn Away” and comes from Seattle! Not much info on their Bandcamp aside that the band tells us they make dreampop and are on the Spirit Goth label. The sound in any case is nice, with a jingle jangly guitar.
Jack in the Green: years ago I interviewed this fantastic early 90s Stoke-on-Trent band formed by Caroline, Corinne, Pete and Mark. Well, now all of their studio recordings, from 1992 to 1993, are on Bandcamp! A fantastic treat for us pop lovers!
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Have to continue raiding Soundcloud for great janglepop from the late 80s and early 90s.
If you follow the link I just shared in the previous line you’ll end up discovering a band called Purple Room. You’ll also notice that there is absolutely no information about the band.
It is easy to assume the band hailed from the UK. There’s a full gig of the band playing in Exeter on June 12, 1992. Where in Exeter? It doesn’t say. We know the songs played that night were “Picture the Moon”, “21 Nightmares”, “Box 17”, “Floating”, “Untitled” and “Wave”. I doubt the band hailed from another country if they were playing Exeter. Most probably too the band hailed from the area.
Never been to Exeter. Was looking that it is about 2 hours from London by train. Wonder if in my next England trip I should visit. There seems to be a good museum called Royal Albert Memorial Museum, a castle called Exeter Castle (though doesn’t look medieval as I like them myself), Exeter Cathedral that looks beautiful and a place called the House that Moved. Interesting.
The band Purple Room recorded many songs. Dating from 1989 to 1993 we find these songs: “Floating”, “All of This”, “Picture the Moon”, “All or Nothing”, “Glow”, “Wave”, “Communication”, “Confused” and “I Want You”.
Then we find three songs that we don’t know the year, they are collected as “Forgotten demos”. These songs are “Skimming Stones”, “Wasted” and “Box 17”.
Then we find 5 songs collected as “Flower Eyes”. Was this an EP? A cassette perhaps? The songs here are “Nothing to do With You”, “Drift Away”, “Kiss the Playground”, “Two” and “A Single Tear”.
I start poking Google. I find aa forum called Thetownend.com. Here there is a post by someone with the alias Saxondale saying he was in a shambling indie band called Purple Room. They had participated in a battle of the bands at the Wyvern. They didn’t win.
I look for a Wyvern venue close by. There is a Wyvern Club in Taunton. That’s 25 minutes by train.
Sadly this is where my detective skills prove useless. I can’t find anything else. I don’t have names. There were no releases as far as I know. Hard to track them down even though they were around for at least 4 years.
Who remembers them?
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Listen
Purple Room – Drift Away
