Just got back from the airport. I am quite tired but wanted to let you know that any orders placed during the last two weeks that I was away will be posted tomorrow. And also as promised here is a new post, hopefully you already caught up with any previous posts you might have missed!
An Earlier Autumn: very lovely sounding band from San Diego formed by Sergio Esparza and Cristofer Garcia. They have a self-titled 3 song EP up now on Bandcamp. The sound is poppy , jangly and lo-fi. Very enjoyable.
La Casa de Emma: this wonderful Chilean band is back with a 9 song album called “Desventura de Verano” on the label Junko Records. The record may or may not be available on cassette format, I am not sure. But what I am sure is that there are 9 tracks of superb fun and upbeat tweepop!
The Sensitive: Indonesian bands keep producing quality indiepop. The latest surprise for me is just one song called “World is Evil” by The Sensitive. This song is only available digitally through Bandcamp and their label Heaven Punks/Let’s Kiss a Secret from Jakarta.
Japanese Heart Software: the Melbourne solo project s back with a wonderful new song called “Holiday” that features backing vocals by Blush Response. The song is lovely, and the lyrics have been shared too if you want to sing along. If Indonesia is a hotspot nowadays for quality indiepop, Melbourne is definitely another one.
The Hazy Seas: and lastly let me introduce the Chicago shoegaze four-piece The Hazy Seas. The band seems to have been going for a while. They have another release on Bandcamp dating from May 2016, but only now, with their December 2019 song “Heavy Heads”, that I have discovered them. And it is great! This track is really really good. Let’s hope for more in the near future.
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I feel this will be a very short post. I am writing about a very very obscure band called the Bummer Twins. And I know for a fact that stumbling upon any information about them will be almost impossible. I know because I’ve tried in the past.
The thing is that I am hoping you can help me, maybe some of you have information about them. The one thing that I know is that they recorded two songs, “Songs About Girls” and “Windmills and Milestones”. Maybe they recorded more songs. I couldn’t say. Perhaps there was a demo tape.
These two songs were included in a Swedish compilation tape that is now legendary, “Grimsby Fishmarket 4 – Norrkoeping 0”. This super tape that was released by Records from the Cookie Nose Tower (CNT001) came out in 1991. It should have come with the fanzine Grimsby Fishmarket, with its 4th issue. Did this fanzine had any info on the bands that were included?
Marcus Törncrantz used to run the fanzine. He also released a second indiepop compilation tape in 1994 called “Second Half”. I would like to think that the Bummer Twins were Swedish. Most of the bands on it were either Swedish or English, though there were a few Japanese ones. Afterwards Marcus became manager of the band Bob Hund.
Yes, there’s more info about the tape than about the Bummer Twins or their two songs. They are so lovely. And I really want to know who were behind them. And I definitely want to listen to more of their recordings if possible. It is even very probable that their members were involved in other bands before, at the same time, or afterwards. Who’d know?!
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