If, like me, you're old enough to have been buying records back in the late '80's then it's quite possible you had a few indie tunes in your collection. Much beloved of the legendary John Peel, Talulah Gosh, Heavenly and Pooh Sticks were just a few of those exponents of jangly indie pop that I had vinyl releases by. Today I'm featuring a song from an upcoming album by a band that features members of all three of them.
Swansea Sound (https://www.facebook.com/swanseasound) are based in Swansea (unsurprisingly). They line up with Hue Williams (Pooh Sticks), Amelia Fletcher (Talulah Gosh, Heavenly & many more), Rob Pursey (Heavenly & many more) and Ian Button (who's also been in lots of other bands and is maybe best known as Wreckless Eric's live collaborator).
In recent times Amelia, Rob and Ian have been performing in The Catenary Wires (https://catenarywires.bandcamp.com/) but teamed up with Hue during lockdown and decided to produce some fast, loud, political indiepop. They've been drip feeding us a few singles over recent months which will lead up to the November 19th release of debut album Live At The Rum Puncheon. It'll be available on vinyl, cd and digital download and you can pre order here : https://swanseasound.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-rum-puncheon-2
I've been lucky enough to get an early listen to the album and it's definitely got some of my favourite songs by the band members since they were releasing classics such as Atta Girl, Bringing Up Baby and On Tape (to name just a few). Highlights include I Sold My Soul On eBay, The Pooh Sticks (a particular favourite which I'll play on next week's Just Some Punk Songs show) and Indies Of The World. It's an album that proves that not only is punk not dead, indie isn't dead too!
As well as the album, there's also a number of gigs planned :
Friday 10th December - London, Rough Trade East
Friday 4th February - Bristol, Zed Alley
Saturday 5th February - Newport, Le Pub
Friday 18th February - St Leonards, The Piper
Saturday 19th February - London, Hope and Anchor
Friday 4th March - The Talleyrand, Manchester
Saturday 5th March - UK, venue TBC The song I'm posting is the one that was recently accompanied by a video. It's "a two minute revision session to make sure you haven’t forgotten The Kinks, The Ramones and the brief explosion of noise pollution that was C86 pop." It's called Rock N Roll Void...
Went to the Ramones
When I was thirteen
They’re the coolest thing
I had ever seen
Now I’m looking back
And wondering
Was it them or was it me?
I heard the Kinks
When I was three
That is my earliest childhood memory
Now I’m trying to find that feeling
Was it them or was it me?
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
I formed a band
When I was sixteen
That was the best that I have ever been
Looking back
I can’t help wondering
Was that person really me?
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
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