Submotile: I recommended time ago this Irish-Italian band formed by Daniela Angione and Michael Farren and based in Dublin. They had released the “Sonic Day Codas” record then. Now the band is releasing the album “One Final Summit Before the Fall” and it is quite amazing. The dreampop album is out now on vinyl and CD and includes 9 tracks. This is great stuff!
Perrogato: great news, one of our favourite Chilean bands is back with the song “Santa Bárbara”! This is terrific indiepop and it is being released as a digital single by Gemelo Parásito Records from Santiago. This band deserves to be more known. So good.
Primer Infant: now a Spanish band I had never heard before, Primer Infant. They have a tape out now titled “Era Por” on Flexidiscos, a label based in Valencia. This tape of 7 songs compiles two EPs by the band, one from December 2021, unreleased until now, and “Deliri” that ccame out in March 2021. Good stuff.
Bathrobe: now we head to Portland, Oregon. I just discovered this band and it looks like, at least from the profile photo on Bandcamp, that it is a solo-project. A few days ago Bathrobe released an album titled “Blue Drift” that is a lovely sounding shoegaze album, with top tracks like “Memento”. Digital only.
Lucid Express: and one more shoegaze band. This time from Hong Kong. The 5 piece will be releasing the album “Floret” on February 2023 and there are very few copies left for pre-order. The album has 9 songs, 5 of them are remixes though. You know I am not a fan of remixes, but here there are two that I was curious about, one remix by our friends The BV’s and aanother by For Tracy Hyde.
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Today we head to Christchurch, New Zealand. A town known for great pop bands. But there have been many bands that didn’t get the chance to be well known as The Bats for example. Bands that remain obscure.
Naked Lunch is an example of that. They were active in the early 90s and didn’t get to release a record. One of their members, Dean Karena, would get later some recognition with the band Atomic Bloom.
The first song I’ve heard by Naked Lunch is called “Listen to Your Heart” and was released in a 2005 CD compilation called “Keepin’ Secrets” that was released by Failsafe Records (SAFE079CD).
Previously the band had appeared on other compilations. On the cassette comp “Freak Scene” released by Propaganda Inc. in 1991 the band contributed the songs “Please Stay” and “Shot to Pieces”.
Later on, in 1996, the band had their song “Deep” on the compilation “Solid Pyrite Hits” that Beats Bodega Records (BEATS001) released on CD.
We know the band was formed by Dean Karena on vocals and guitar, Pete Blackman on bass and Rudolph (Tuck) Tucker on drums.
We are also aware of a tape release titled “Flipside” that the band self-released in 1990. This tape had four songs, “Flipside World” and “Statue” on the A side and “What Can You See” and “Driftnet” on the B side.
Then on Failsafe Records Soundcloud account we find that there were plans to release an album. Three songs are shared from 1992, “Listen to Your Heart”, “Shot to Pieces” and “Darker Side”.
What else we know? Randolph Tucker was on a band called Alpha Uno later in the 90s while Peter Blackman was on The Mothgods in the mid 90s.
Not much more info on Naked Lunch. I guess it is pretty clear that they took their name after William S. Burroughs 1959 novel of the same name.
Anyone remembers them?
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