Herr Wade: finally! The album “…Drecht Am Kabel” by this superb project formed by two great popsters, Jørn from The Loch Ness Mouse and Sebastian Voss from Nah…, is out now on CD. There are only a few copies left now at the time I was writing this article as the physical release was only limited to an edition of 50. The album has 11 songs on top indiepop tunes that I highly recommend.
The Moss Poles: this classic English indiepop band is back with a compilation called “The Singles”. It is available on different digital platforms, but I am sharing here with you the Youtube playlist. This comp includes 20 of the band’s singles, one of them a new single track, “September Sun”.
The Radio Field: Lars from the Düsseldorf band Subterfuge has a solo project called The Radio Field and it sounds ace. He just released a limited CD EP titled “The Simple” which has 4 jangly songs! On this record he distills his influences, c86 and early Creation, to create a lovely sounding record packed with a chiming 12-string Rickenbacker to boot.
Low Key Crush: it is no surprise to find good pop songs coming from Melbourne, Australia. Every week I discover a new band. Now we find this duo that just released “Bats Over the Eastern Freeway”, a 4 song digital EP. The four songs are lovely, mellow and nicely written. The band is formed by Timothy Haines and Taycian Lord.
Lilac: and the fourth single from the upcoming debut album “There’s Someone Else in My Skin” is finally out. The Stockholm dreampop band just put out this terrific new song “Is It”. I am so looking forward to their album. I hope it gets properly released and not just digital…
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Back in 1991 a band called The Drowning Room released a 12″ vinyl EP titled “Telepathy”. I am not sure how successful this record was. I haven’t heard of it until a few days ago.
This EP had four songs, “Telepathy” and “Vox Pop” on the A side and “Candles in the Sky” and “Telepathy (Thurston Mix)” on the B side. The label was IFA Records which probably was the band’s own record label. A self-release.
The songs were recorded at the House in the Woods by Richard May in 1991 and mixed by Nick the Hat. Then we find an address in Watlington, Oxon.
Watlington is a small market town and civil parish about 7 miles (11 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the county’s eastern edge and less than 2 miles (3 km) from its border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Christmas Common, Greenfield and Howe Hill, all of which are in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish’s population as 2,727.
Never heard of this town either…
There was a book by Michael Pye called “The Drowning Room” but it dates from 1995, so the band didnt name themselves after it.
But the good thing in this story is that they have a Soundcloud, last updated 7 years ago. There there are many songs, from their 12″ and more.
So we find “Telepathy”, “Stay in the Rain”, “Shine”, “Rejoice in Misery”, “Placebo Love”, “Young”, “Perfection”, “Thoughts”, “Higher High”, “Do it Slow”, “Candles in the Sky”, “Back Door”, “Vox Pop” and “Nothing’s Free”. They’ve called this collection of songs “The Lost Tapes (1987-1991)”. I am guessing these are the years the band was active.
I haven’t been able to find any band members name or if there was a connection to any other bands. But at least we’ve found the songs. So yeah, any info about them would be great to have.
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The Drowning Room – Young
