On Irishrock.org we see that they are looking for more information about Lipstick Vogue. They have a photo of them, a four-piece. They knew that the singer’s name was Cathal and that they had taken their name from an Elvis Costello song. They also liken them to REM.

Two other details are interesting. The band recorded a 1988 demo at Windmill Lane. And most importantly two of their songs appeared on the wonderful “Swimming Out of the Pool” compilation released in 1988 by Danceline (DLP 1001). The songs they contributed were “Riversend” and “When Will You”. Were these the songs from their demo?

On this compilation they appeared along a band I had written in the past, The Outpatients. I had written about The Storm too. And even better interviewed So She Said.

Then suddenly a superb find. A Soundcloud account. There’s a bunch of songs and we know that Lipstick Vogue hailed from Dublin.

The songs uploaded are “Malthouse”, “Anywhere but Here”, “Tidal Wave Woman”, “Dreaming”, “Walk Alone”, “Raintown”, “You Think Too Much”, “River’s End” and “When Will You Be Mine?”. One thing I notice is that two song names are similar to the ones in the compilation.

Sadly I can’t find more details about them. The songs were uploaded 10 years ago. And online I can’t seem to find anything that is not about Elvis Costello’s song. So yeah, hopefully an Irish reader or a band member will help us fill in the blanks! Some terrific songs here!

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Lipstick Vogue – River’s End