Okay! Dayflower is slated to be released on October 10th but most probably all pre-orders will start shipping before that date. Records have already shipped from the pressing plant to me and so as soon as I can put all the inserts inside the 7″ jacket they will be heading your way. Exciting times!
In the meantime here are a bunch of good new finds from around the web!
Starmine: “IMOK” sounds fantastic. It has been so long since I’ve heard bands sounding like this. Maybe since the early 2000s? Electropop that sounds fun like this I haven’t listened since Supercute maybe? Mogul? Elefant Records used to champion this sort of sound. Maybe Starmine should find a home there? Just for nostalgia sake. The two songs on this new digital single by this Tokyo duo, “IMOK” and “IMNOTOK”, are superb. Give them a listen.
The Rallies: from Seattle comes this classic sounding guitar pop band. Sweet jangly guitars are what you’ll find all over the new album “Upside Down”, all over the 10 songs in it. The album is available now on limited quantities on CD, and happily you can preview all songs on Bandcamp.
Tiny Magnetic Pets: the Dublin band are back with an EP of 4 songs! Titled “Girl in a White Dress” the EP comes with the title song and three more songs: “Kicked off in Ikea”, “All the Mad Things” and “Above & Overture”. The record will be out on CD and vinyl 12″ on November 1st on the London based Happy Robots Records! Exciting!
Ta To Boy: the Greek band has became a favourite on the blog since they released their album on the very fine label Make Me Happy Records. Now the band has made a video of one of the songs on the record, “This Town”! So definitely watch and listen this one. Because it is good!
Río Arga: well the self-titled album by the Pamplona band is out now. And I need it, and I want it, and I think it is marvelous. 8 songs of joyous and bright pop songs. The record is available on 12″ vinyl and tape now. It is a co-release by Caballito Records and Mondo Canapé, two fine labels. So yes. This is a must.
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Strange name for a pop band, right?
From Purley in Surrey came The Bedbugs. I think they are as obscure as it gets. But hey, I should try to find information about them, maybe even I will find a copy of their one and only 7″. That’s what I would call a success!
Purley is a town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located south of Croydon, and is situated 18.8 km south of Charing Cross. It has a population of about 14,000
As mentioned the band released just the one 7″ in 1990. It came out on the Snake Rattle label (BUG 001) which I guess was the label’s own. My guess has to do with it being the only release by this label and also the catalog number, as it nods to bugs (?).
It was a double A sided record. A side had “Haywire” and the AA side had “No Safe Heaven”. It was recorded on 8 track at Seventh Wave studio between July 14 and 15th of 1990. The engineer is just credited as Nigel.
When it comes to band members we also only get first names. Mark on vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Paul on bass, Dave on acoustic and electric guitar and Warren on drums. The design and layout of the record is credited to John Ford while the photos are credited to Simon Clarke. Why do the art people got their second names printed and not the band! It would be easier to track them down I think.
And that’s it really. Nothing more. So I will need your help to track them and find out whatever happened to The Bedbugs!
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Listen
The Bedbugs – Haywire
