Day 265.

Die Zärtlichkeit: this Cologne band has become quickly  a favourite of mine. They make wonderful jangly pop in German and now they are releasing a very limited tape titled “Die Zärtlichkeit II”. It will include 4 songs that were recorded this summer during the pandemic. Andreas and Tobias are becoming two great pop craftstmen!

The Shop Window: this Maidstone, UK, band is back with a digital single titled “Sad Eyes”. At this moment the band has no releases but soon their first 7″ should be out soon on Spinout Nuggets. In any case this song won’t be included!

Misty Coast: now a psychadelic guitar pop band from Bergen, Norway, with their latest track, “Do You Still Remember Me?”. The cool vibe, dreamy vocals, make this a very lovely single for the winter that’s coming up!

Hollow Graves: next up another digital single, now coming from a band in Toronto, Canada. The single is called “Far Out Summer” and it sounds ace. The 4-piece have been going since at least 2018 and this is their latest effort!

Ciel: it seems it has been a weekend of singles. Here is one coming from the Netherlands called “All My Life”. This one is packed with great vocals and melodies. Very catchy and dreamy. Good stuff!

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Earlier this year, in March, I discovered the band Henry Does a Runner. Here is how.

So I had written about The Jeremiahs, even interviewed them. I love so much The Jeremiahs and still my dream is to release a retrospective by them. I won’t lie. That would be a true highlight for Cloudberry Records. Well, so back in March Jim Holmes commented on the interview, saying he used to be in a band that played quite a few gigs with The Jeremiahs in and around Reading and London. That caught my attention immediately!

I emailed him right away and asked him to tell me more about his band Henry Does a Runner. He told me I could hear one of their songs, “Before Your Eyes” on Youtube. It would be a surprise that what was on Youtube was not just the song but a promo video!

This video was made back in 1988 and in it we see all four members of the band, Martin on vocals, Brian Glister on drums, Jim Holmes on guitar and John W. Wright on bass. Yes, I am missing Martin’s last name. What was it?

After he shared this link I asked him if he was up to do an interview for the blog. I really wanted to learn more about the band. But I never got a reply. Just radio silence since them.

Maybe one of the other band members will see this post and be keen in answering my questions. Or maybe a fan or a friend remembers them and can throw in some details about the band in the comments section. That’d be cool.

On the internet the only other mentions is that the band played at the Rock Garden on July 24 1988 and were paid 52.26 pounds! They would play again this classic London venue on September 18 the same year and get paid 34.44 pounds!

Then we know that in Reading on May 29th of 1987 they played at Paradise alongside The Jeremiah and The Flowerpot Men.

And yeah, that’s all I could find. Anyone remembers them?

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Listen
Henry Does a Runner – Before Your Eyes