The Vapour Veils: this Stockholm four-piece sounds superb. Even better is to know that the first single from their debut album is up on Bandcamp. That single is “Live Forever” and includes another track that won’t be included in the album, “Shadows”. The album is to be released this autumn, so I am looking forward to it. I hope it gets released in physical format of course. The band is formed by Magnus, Carl, Andy and Totte and again, this is great. Hope one day I can catch them live.
Greenhouse: Sound as Ever released a retrospective compilation of Geelong band Greenhouse last year in September. The compilation of 13 songs, including two live tracks at Triple J Live, is still available on CD and is definitely worth getting! It is titled “Full Circles” and has artwork by acclaimed artist Jim Pavidis plus a booklet of 24 pages… full liner notes! Just how CDs should be packaged!
Hanging onto the 90s: Sound as Ever 90-99 Compilation #4: continuing with the great Melbourne label, I must say their new compilation, a double CD, is a must have. It includes superb indiepop bands like The Mandelbrot Set, The Mars Bastards, Club Hoy, Pollyaana, Dazy Chains and more! This is a must have! It includes classic songs as well as rare versions. Do not miss this one.
Calamity Jane’s Live Radio Sessions: I missed this release as well. This one came out last November on Sound As Ever. Calamity was a radio show that was around from 1992 and 1995 in Australia. On this CD we find a collection of recordings from different bands when visiting the radio station in Victoria St, Fitzroy. Bands like Autohaze and The Lucksmiths will be familiar to indiepop fans.
Holy Coves: lastly a band from Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales! Holy Coves released their latest single “Grey” last June and it is really good. The band will be touring the UK including gigs inn Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester and more is sort of a supergroup including peeople from Gorky’s and from Morrissey’s band.
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Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has been part of Erewash borough since 1 April 1974, when Long Eaton Urban District was disbanded.
That’s where we are heading today, Long Eaton, to read more about The Prismatic Colours, who I believe reformed a few years ago…
At least that’s what their website says. 25 years ago. There are links there to Facebook, Soundcloud, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube… so I am guessing I am going to find out a lot about this obscure English band.
I will start with the music, with Soundcloud. There my first encounter is a 4-track demo called “3 Men and a Korg” dating from 1989. This demo included the songs “Prismatic Colours”, “Free”, “Babblings”, “Visions”, “Ride” and “Morning Haze”.
Then there’s another demo called “In Your Eyes” consisting of 4 songs. This one doesn’t have a date sadly. It has the following songs: “Visions”, “Morning Haze”, “Prismatic Colours” and “You are Here”.
The band’s 3rd demo had 3 songs, “Lift”, “Don’t Look at Me That Way” and “So Close to Me”. This one doesn’t seem to have a name and again no date for its release.
Then a “lost demo” with 3 songs that was remastered in 2018. This one had “Lift”, “Alf Thompson” and “Soon”. This was band’s 4th demo tape.
Then a live gig! How many great finds here! This live gig was actually the band’s first ever at The Yorker in Nottingham. That day they supported The Yons. It was February 1990 and the band played seven songs, “Alternative”, “Can’t Cope”, “Visions”, “Management”, “Ride”, “Sister Ray” and “Purple Haze Ish”.
Then there is a remaster from 2019 for the song “Lift” as well as a raw practice recording of the same track. And another song called “Different Ways of Thinking (edit)”.
On Youtube what we find is the band practicing again in 2018. You can see the band playing in their practice space the songs “Morning Haze”, “Echoes”, “Visions”, “You Are Here and I’m Half Way to Nowhere” and “Don’t Look Me That Way”.
And now time to check their Facebook where there is a trove of photos and memorabilia.
I read about Mr. Quiff Records. Was this the name of the band’s own label that put out their demos? Could be. They mention too that under this label they were going to release “The Sound of Long Eaton”, a retrospective look at the Prismatic Colours. This just made me grin, probably the Berlin based Firestation Records think they stole the name of their compilation?
Then some flyers. The band had played The Tiger in Long Eaton, at least one time headlining with Indigo Twist as their support, and also supporting the fantastic Manchester band The Jerks at Demodisco at the Old Angel in Nottingham. Another venue they hit was the Bobby Browns in Nottingham where they played with The Yons.
Then we see the event when they made their comeback in 2018 where they played along Blackmail Box and The Jons at the White Lion Bar & Kitchen. Wow! I wonder how was that gig!
Lastly there is a setlist of their gig at The Tiger with Indigo Twist on August 17, 1990. The band played that day these songs: “Prismatic Colours”, “Morning Haze”, “Ride”, “You Are Here”, “Free” and “Visions”.
Wee don’t see band member names or what instruments they played. We don’t know why they didn’t get to release any records. But hopefully we will find out more about them soon. Crossing fingers!
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