I so hope to have news soon. March is about to end and I haven’t been able to announce new releases. That is not fun. The mastering is taking longer than expected, but hopefully I’ll be able to announce the next Cloudberry Cake Kitchen release soon. Also I must say that I am working now on two upcoming 7″s which is very exciting!
Now, what’s new around the world of indiepop? Well, this weekend Madrid Popfest is happening and I’m sad that I won’t be attending. But I really wish everyone attending to have a great time! There are a few bands that I don’t know so I will check them out today!
Luces Negras: Anna, Blanca and Pilar form this Barcelona band. They have a three song self-titled EP they put out last October. I guess the name of the band comes from their song “Fieras” which is the opening track. This is fine fuzzed up pop, could be interesting to check out their full set.
Amparito: four girls from Madrid form the band. Their latest on Bandcamp dates from March 2017 and is a 4 song demo with the songs “Crudo”, “Daño”, “Explosión” and “Fin”. It is lo-fi garagey punk pop so I’m not totally into it…
Guay!: now it is the turn of a Barcelona band whose latest release is quite new, December 2018. It is a 12 song album called “La Sociedad” that is an interesting mix of new wave pop and indiepop, and that even includes a cool cover of “Smashing Time” by the TVPs.
Belenciana: this is the solo project of the bassist of the band The Chillers. She released a self-titled EP in 2018 with four songs, “Camino Amarillo”, “Sobras”, “Juego de Tronos” and “Cañerías”. The first song even as a nice video which is the one I’m sharing. I don’t think there’s a Bandcamp or Soundcloud though. So you have to listen the EP on Apple or Spotify, two platforms I don’t like supporting. But that’s your choice of course. Anyhow, the one song I heard, “Camino Amarillo”, is a pretty one.
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Another oldie, another 7″ that is in my radar to add to my collection is the one that the Septembers released back in 1991. I believe it was their only one. Discogs at least only has this one listed. I don’t know much about it, but have heard the A side, “Something Better”, and thought it sounded great!
This 7″ was released by two labels, Penguin Records (PEN1) and Abstract Records. Penguin Records doesn’t show any other releases, but Abstract was an important label (that if it is the same Abstract) that released the likes of 1000 Mexicans, The Three Johns and more.
Aside from the already mentioned A side the single included two B sides, “Garden of Eden” and “Going Insane”. These three songs were recorded at RMS Studios in south London. The engineer was Andy Le Vien and the producer was Pete Briquette.
That’s all the information available on Discogs. No band members, no other releases, no compilation appearances. Could I be able to find anything else on the mess that is the web?
The answer seems to be a big no. Can’t find anything about them. It is difficult without any band member names. So I need to ask you all, I need your help. I would love to know their story, what happened to them? Why only one release? Who knows more?
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