Day 241. I should be on a plane all day today.
Stomp Talk Modstone: I recommended this Japanese band some time ago as I really enjoyed their dreampop sounds. There new song called “Sugartime” reinforces my recommendations, it is very good. If you have 4 minutes to spare, check it out.
Anthony Rochester: the pop craftsman that is Anthony Rochester from Tasmania is back with a new album called “Space Music for Horses”. The album seems to be available only digitally so far and it comes with 13 songs.
The Finalists: a Sydney band that sounds quite good, clearly influenced by The Go-Betweens and Flying Nun Records, it can only make one happy. They have just released their album “First” which includes 9 jangly songs!
Mitimitis: this fine Chilean band have graced the blog a few times. Now they have a new album called “Terror en el Autocine” which is being released digitally by Gemelo Parásito Records and it sounds quite nice. Give it a listen.
Nah…: two new songs by our friends from Munster and Amsterdam. This time around they are two covers, one being “Tumbledown Weekend” by They Go Boom! and the other “Porthcawl” by The Hepburns. Great!
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Back to the AGMP Youtube channel to discover more obscure indiepop! Now is the time for the obscure London band Blanche Spooner.
I don’t know if what’s been uploaded is a complete demo tape, it feels that way. There are 7 songs here, “Post”, “Thoroughly Modern Willy”, “Done Did!”, “Goodbye Dolly”, “Barf”, “Swede” and “Shirley, Shirley, Shirley”, all dating from 1989.
The only other info that’s available in these Youtube posts is that the band recorded two demo tapes. It also mentions that the band played a handful of gigs at the legendary venues the Powerhaus and The Mean Fiddler.
What else can we find?
The photo of the band shows 6 people. 6 band members then? 5 guys, 1 girl. The image uploaded to Youtube does look like a tape sleeve. Perhaps one of these demos was called “Sounds Like Blanche Spooner”. Okay sure, these deductions anyone could make. Perhaps I am not that great as an indiepop detective.
But yeah it seems that’s it. There’s nothing else on the web. It is a shame really as all the songs are really nice. Classic indiepop. Oh well…
Anyone remembers them? Know who were the band members? The name of their demo tapes? Where in London were they based? Are there more songs? I feel I can come up with a thousand questions, so I hope some of them can be answered!
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2 Responses to “:: Blanche Spooner”
Thanks for you kind words about the music of Blanche Spooner. I was one of the guitarists in the band, who were from L to R as pictured Andy Squire (bass), Mark Fincher (vocals), Sally George (vocals), Richard Foulser (guitar), Andrew Culf (guitar) and Simon Thorpe (violin, percussion, piano). The songs on Youtube come from two demo tapes from 1989 and early 1990. Feel free to get in touch with any questions – it’s nice to know that the music is still out there somewhere!
Wow, where did 30 years go?? I was the lead singer and lyricist in Blanche Spooner. Glad you like the tunes!