So! Happy news, the Dayflower 7″s have arrived! I am only waiting now for the inserts, which should arrive early next week, and then I will start posting all pre-orders. The official release date is October 10, but you don’t have to wait!
The Lovely Basement: Just yesterday I published a fantastic interview with Kevin Bache who was in The Raw Herbs. Today I want to share his latest project, The Lovely Basement! Based in Bristol the band is formed by Kevin on guitars, keyboards and vocals, Steve Dew on drums and vocals, Katie Scaife on guitar and vocals and Paul Waterworth on bass. They have a few releases out already and their latest is an album called “Just Because You Can” which is available in digital formats as well as on CD. Very nice stuff!
Charm: this Canadian band from Welland, in Ontario, Canada, has a new digital single. Two songs are available to stream on Bandcamp, “No Gasoline” and “Second Chance”, and I have to recommend them to all! They are a superb mix of power pop and indiepop, with charming girl vocals!
The Deer: when I played the song “Confetti to the Hurricane” by this Austin band I thought immediately of a band I used to love, Zoey Van Goey. Does it also remind you to them? Maybe I am nuts. But that’s what I thought. This song is included in the band’s latest album, “Do No Harm”, which is now available to pre-order on CD and vinyl. It will be released on November 1st, and you can check this track on Bandcamp as well as “Move to Girls”.
Lost Film: Jimmy Hewitt’s solo project based in Easthampton, Massachusetts, should have a new release out on October 25th. It will be called “Zero Summer”, and will include 7 songs. So a mini-album I suppose. We can preview one of his catchy and sweet lo-fi songs at the moment. So head to his Bandcamp and listen to “Enough”.
Spunsugar: lastly a band I have recommended in the past. The Malmö based shoegazers are back with 4 terrific songs on an EP called “Mouth Full of You”. And the first thing that comes to mind is why is this not out in physical format!?! It sounds great. Fuzzy, noisy, and sweet. Great melodies.
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I’ve read that people like the other songs better but so far I’ve only head the track “The Skylight Room” from their EP that is titled as the song. There are three other songs that I’m hoping to listen and then maybe try to find a copy of the only one record that I know 33 Seconds released. Or maybe I’ll be able to find myself a copy before that.
Their EP was released on vinyl, as a 7″ in 1984 by two labels, Clock Songs (CRACK 1) and Fractured Records. Clock Songs only has this record listed on Discogs, might it be the band’s own label? Fractured on the other hand seem to have released at least another 7″ later on. Maybe it was a joint project, the band and someone running a label in their hometown?
The EP had two songs on each side. The A side had “33 Seconds” and “Way Down South”. That made me wonder what came first, the song or the band’s name. Then the B side had “The Skylight Room” and “Falling Apart”. Why the name 33 Seconds too. I know there is an Italian movie with that name, but that one dates from 2007. Any other leads?
Now here is an interesting one. The songs were recorded at Clock Studios in London. Hmm, might that be that Clock Records was actually a label run by the people running the studios? It may be. The songs were recorded during the winter of 1984.
We also know the band members, Philip Warner on bass, Jack on drums, L. J. Harper on guitar, Bob Buckee on keyboards, Chester on saxophone and percussion and Michael Carrington on vocals and guitar. The only one I could see being involved in other bands was Bob Buckee who played on the band B-Z Party who released a single in 1987 on Lost Moment Records.
No compilation appearances.
I keep looking for any information about them. But it seems there is nothing written about them on the web. I think they might be from London, they recorded there. But I also wonder how they just disappeared into thin air, how come they weren’t involved in any other bands. That’s odd. And why no more releases or more songs? Maybe some of you remember them?
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