Back from holidays, 8 days in Tunisia visiting Roman and Carthaginian ruins as well as beautiful mosques. It was quite interesting. No indiepop there as far as I know, but had a good time. Next holidays in December for Christmas…
The Photocopies: now trying to catch up with some new music released the last week. I find two new songs by the prolific Sean Turner and his project The Photocopies. This new digital double A single has “Don’t Call Him Your Boyfriend” and “Start Again”. Good tunes as it is usual with him!
City Yelps: some noisy pop by this three-piecce combo formed by Shaun, Ged and Valentina from Leeds. “The City Yelps Half Hour” was recorded back in 2015 and it is finally available on Bandcamp.
The Umbrella Puzzles: our friend Ryan has just released “On the Meadow”, a 5-song EP CD on Subjangle Records. As usual with this label the release is very limited, 125 copies. So make it quick if you don’t want to miss this little masterpiece of thoughtful and mellow indiepop.
The Vapour Veils: as you know I’ve become a fan of this Stockholm band after discovering them not so long ago. Their latest single is “Eleanor” and it is terrific. But that’s not all, this month they also released “I Am Human and I Need to be Loved” (we get the Smiths reference of course) which is also really good!
Heavenly: and lastly some news that really surprised me and I am very excited about. Heavenly will be performing a one-off gig at the Bush Hall in London on May 20 2023. Pete, Amelia, Cathy, Rob will be on stage and on drums will join them Ian Button from the Swansea Sound. It does look though that the gig is now sold out but rumours are that there will be another date. I have bought a ticket for this gig… and I don’t know yet if I can make it to London then with baby and all. Crossing fingers.
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There is an account on Soundcloud by Peter Long (a.k.a. immed8), a composer and sound artist based in the Blue Mountains, close to Sydney. He uploads there his experiments and works in progress while his finished work is on Bandcamp. The interesting bit is that within all of his song there is one by an Adelaide band called the Fortune Tellers.
This song is called “Writing Monday” and dates from June 1987, much older than his other songs. He also shares with us the band members names and none of them is Peter Long. I wonder then what was his involvement with the band? Did he record the track?
The Fortune Tellers were formed by David Bosanko on drums and vocals, Deryck Charles on keyboards, Steve Fieldhouse on guitar and vocals, David Norris on vocals and Greg Vincent on bass and vocals.
Then I find the connection. Greg Vincent and Peter Long were in a band called Ashram Poets in the early 2000s. From what I understand Fortune Tellers would change names and in 1988 release a 12″ on Greasy Pop Records as Morning Glory. I have never heard of them to be honest.
It seems that “First Light” was Morning Glory’s only release. I’ll try to track it down.
Now I wonder why they changed names. Anyone knows? They have the same band members.
We also know that Greg Vincent was involved in the band Primitive Painters. that Steve Fieldhouse was in Found Objects and has a website for his work as an audio engineer and producer. David Bosanko had been in a band called Dandelion Wine before being in Fortune Tellers.
I now wonder if there are more recordings by Fortune Tellers. And where does “Writing Monday” comes from? A demo tape? Would be great to find out.
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