The Soup Dragons: two Janice Long and two John Peel sessions are coming out on 10″ vinyl thanks to the wonderful Precious Recordings. I do wonder why did they decide to change the format of their collection, it was double 7″s, and I had them nicely in a shelf. Now my OCD will get me crazy having these as 10″s… but that’s ok. The music is what matters and these 4 new records are a must. All four records are out on November 4.
The Jack Rubies: the classic band is back, now based in Brooklyn I believe. The band that wrote terrific singles back in the 90s like “Foolish Boy” or “Lobster” is back with two brand new songs, “Hidey Hole” and “Heaven”.
Sobs: the Singapore pop band is releasing their album “Air Guitar” on October 26 on cassette, CD and vinyl! The album is a short one, 9 songs. Right now you can preview two songs on their Bandcamp, “Air Guitar” and “Cool”. This sounds very 90s, with power pop influences on it.
The Vapour Veils: on October 28 we will finally listen the album “The Last Hurrah” by this top Stockholm band that has quickly become a favourite. It looks like the album is only available now as a digital release. It has 10 songs and as of right now you can preview 4 songs! And just listen to them, and tell me if you don’t think this is great. The band also announces a 4 track EP to be released early next year as well as an album for fall 2023.
Muted Color: and the last recommendation for today is the Chicago band Muted Color. Their latest are two songs, “Radial” and “Pseudoshine”. These are lovely dreampop/shoegaze songs. Not much more info about them on their Bandcamp, just a photo that shows five guys. Though it is true that they are on all social media and have their own website.
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I continue to catch up with the great WokingSoundscene Soundcloud (and Facebook page). The latest discovery for me is the band Sweetlife, who were active in the Woking area between 1990 and 1991.
The song that was shared 1 year ago on Soundcloud is called “Because of Love” and it was released in 1991 as part of a cassette EP titled the same way, “Because of Love”. This tape was recorded across the spring and summer of 1991 at House in the Woods studios in Bletchingley, Surrey.
The songs on the tape were “Because of Love”, “Cry” and “When Love’s Gone” on the A side and “America”, “Love this Life” and “Saoirse Blue” on the B side.
On this recording the band got help from Neil Harrison who provided additional guitar on the song “Cry” and Peter Jennings on keyboards.
Neil Harrison also produced and engineered the EP.
We know the band was formed by Darren Robinson on vocals and guitar, Malcolm Smith on guitar and backing vocals, Billy Adam on bass and vocals and John Piccerillo on drums.
Other than that I can only find the name of Paul Dreczko who auditioned for the band in 1991, but not sure what happened there.
And that’s it, very little info, and just one track out of 6 I’ve had the chance to listen.
Who remembers them?
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Listen
Sweetlife – Because of Love
