Another week is over. But here are some new good finds from around the web!
Static Daydream: if you like noisy pop, definitely check out this one-man project. Based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Paul Baker has released a CD album called “Cracked Inside” that sounds ace. The ex-member of Skywave has penned 12 catchy and fuzzy tracks that are totally worth your time.
Candy: from Melbourne, Australia, comes this fine jangle pop band that will be releasing an album called “Everything in Motion” on November 15th. It will be available on tape and digital format. At this point we can preview three songs of the album, “Familiar”, “Feel” and “Sorry, Sydney”. Very nice.
Grrrl Gang: the Damnably label from UK has picked up the Indonesian band! That is good news. The label will be putting out a compilation album on vinyl sometime soon. In the meantime we can listen to the song “Dream Girl” which is terrific.
The Catenary Wires: “Tie Me to the Rails” is the new video from Amelia and Rob. This song comes from the latest album the duo has put out, “Til the Morning” which is out now on Tapete Records. I saw them just a few months back and I loved it. It is so cool to watch this video, listen to Amelia’s iconic vocals and remember how lucky I’ve been to see them play live!
Neilson Family: the fine Jigsaw Records is now based in Portland. No surprise then that they are releasing a jangle pop band from the same city. An album nonetheless. 12 songs on CD on a record called “Family Double Life” that our friend Chris likens to The Essex Green. That’s a good thing isn’t it?
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Why not travel to Japan and check out a very unknown band, Loveflare? I think that sounds like a good idea. I wish I could travel to Japan for real. Maybe next year, maybe in a few years. It’d be great. Maybe when I do I’ll find a copy of the one and only 7″ Loveflare released. That’d be brilliant.
The 7″ was released on the Harmonic! label (HJ 001) but I don’t know the date, the year. Discogs doesn’t list it. Maybe I’ll find the info somewhere else. I’ll go in order for now. It is also true that this is the only release listed for this label. Might this be a self-release then?
I know the record had two songs, “35 Summers” on the A side and “Indian Summer” on the B side. Very summery indeed. And what about the song title for the A side? Is it a nod to the great English band 35 Summers? The style of Loveflare is quite similar, influenced by Madchester.
The band continued their summery theme when they included the song “Groovy Summertime” to the 2007 compilation “Boys (& Girls) Wonder Shibuya-K Indie-Pop Collection Vol. 2″ that was released by TKO New Music Corporation (TKOK 0002). This compilation has already been mentioned in the blog in the past of course, when I wrote about Trans Alphabet, Pitcher56 and more.
Maybe on the 7” sleeve there is information about who were the band members. I can’t find any information at all about the band. Not in English, not in Japanese. So, Japanese friends, can you help me track down who was behind this band? Would love to know when were they around? who were they? did they have any more songs (about summer)? And any other details too!
Edit October 18, 2019: I just learned from a Japanese friends a few cool facts! First, the 7″ was released in 1999. Secondly, the band members featured members of the amazing band Bobby’s Rockin’ Chair who I’ve written about in the past on the blog. And third there is actually another release by Loveflare! It was a self-titled CD released in 2004 that included six songs, “Summerlike”, “Soul Hoover”, “Indian Summer (New version)”, “Groove of Love”, “Still Goes On” and “Summer Like (Remix)”. Now I want to listen to these songs!
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Loveflare – 35 Summers
