Day 262.
Aiko el Grupo: “Va Totalmente en Serio…” is the name of the mini-LP 10″ that the band will be releasing on Elefant Records on December 11! Right now we can preview 4 of their super fun songs on Bandcamp. I am hooked!
Adele & the Chandeliers: “First Date” is the name of this wonderful album on Pretty Olivia Records. I am out of town so I don’t know if it is a good idea to order. I hope Javi can save me a copy. The 12″ vinyl is limited to 200 copies and is being released on December 11th. And you can tell how delightful is this record that showcases the amazing Adele Pickvance (who has worked with the Go-Betweens and Robert Forster!) on the 10 songs on Bandcamp which we can preview all of them!
The Snogs: a new tape by this California band is a good thing! “Boyfriend’s Dead” has 8 songs of fun crash pop songs. Formed in Santa Cruz in 2016, the band sounds really good. Boy/girl vocals, a bit Heavenly, a bit TVPs, and lovingly lo-fi, this record is a winner. I just wish it wasn’t a tape!!
The Churchhill Garden: “Reality” is the latest song by Andy Jossi’s, from Lucerne, Switzerland, project. Here he counts with Krissy Vanderwoude from the US on vocals, while Andi plays all instruments. It is a swirling song, with great guitars and a captivating vibe. Really good. Looking forward to hearing more by them!
Helen Love: and to end this week’s blog reviews here is some fantastic news, the Welsh legendary band Helen Love are back!!! Oh yeah! With an album titled “Power On” on Jigsaw Records they are planning to take the world by storm once again. Oh wow. What great news. One of my favourite bands with their fun poppy catchy songs, I can only be so happy. Everyone needs it. The album is already out on CD!
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A few weeks ago someone shared on Facebook the song “Themes for Dreams” by a band called Soundhouse. I can’t remember who shared it, if it was a friend on their wall or someone in the multiple music groups I follow there. The thing is the song sounded really great, with terrific female vocals. Who were Soundhouse? I don’t know. But I have to thank whoever shared it. Thanks!
This song, “Themes for Dreams”, was released in 1984 on a tape called “Here’s the Shit!”. This was released by the Greenwich Performance Collective. So I assume it is a safe bet to say the band hailed from Greenwich, England, or somewhere close-by.
The bands on the tape are unknown to me. I am not familiar with any of them. I do see that the band appears on the B side, second song. This compilation tape is not listed on Discogs but could find a blog called Die or D.I.Y.? that has written about the tape. Sadly there’s no information about the bands.
Discogs does list another tape by the same label. But Soundhouse is not on it. I am very disappointed that I can’t find anything by the band on the web. Were there more songs? Any releases? Probably not. But would be great to find out.
This time I’ll need help. It’s been a while since I find so little on the web. This is as obscure as it gets.
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3 Responses to “:: Soundhouse”
Just saw this and thought, hey that was my group 🙂 Myself and Lisa were in a group called Adventures In Colour, also featured on Greenwich Performance Collective tapes. We were from Silvertown/Plumstead. This track was recorded as a one off after the previous group disbanded. Can’t remember much about it, recorded in a small studio in East Ham, one of Lisa’s songs composed on a Casio and plumped up a bit with a drum track from a percussion LP – this was before samplers. Thanks for digging it out the obscurity it was destined for.
Thanks for the link to this blog Dave, been a long time hasn’t it. I think both of us have experimented with music after this but it’s good to hear this song again, I’ll have to dig out some old tapes once more I think!
The bands were mainly from areas around SE London, not just Greenwich. For example, my friends’ band on the tape, State Hate, were from Lewisham Borough (New X, Deptford, Lee Green etc.). My one off band for the tape, Well Known Wankers, from Deptford, New Cross and Eltham. I’m afraid it was me that suggested the tape title, and it go voted in.