Their lone, but nice little post-punk / dark wave single from this Boston area band featuring Wally Gagel, who later became a well-known producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter in the 90s. Wally also played drums on Jeff & Jane Hudson's "Special World" 7", and a quick check on discogs even reveals he offered his talents on a Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus album some years back! You would have never guessed hearing this one.
The Production Club - Excitement 7" (1982, Advanced Research Records)
Highly obscure Belgian goth band with a great primitive sound you might expect from a private pressing. Some Sisters influences for sure, but also reminds me of some of the German goth bands from the later half of the 80's.
Candy Stripe - As Above So Below LP (1990, Disques-Editions TLP)
01. Missing Words
02. Between The Lines
03. I Am Crazy For You
04. What I Feel Right Now
05. Candy
06. In The Cold Night
07. Out of The Screen
08. What I Feel Right Now (Accoustic)
Here's a self-released CDR that I believe most fans of the band are likely unaware of collecting material recorded between 1989-2006. Not sure how many copies of this were produced, or if this release was sort of put together on an "on demand" basis since its appears home-made. I got a copy from the band after contacting them on myspace, so that possibility might still exist for those interested in a physical copy. This release includes three of the tracks from their 7" singles and everything else would be consider rarities. Unfortunately, I do not know if these other tracks were originally released on some of their cassettes - quite likely. Anyways, classic French coldwave band... "Le Nez Rouge" is easily one of my all-time favorite songs. The last 2 tracks on this CD are certainly from a low-quality source, so my VBR ripping method might appear that I purposely ripped those tracks at a low-bitrate... not the case. A flat 320 bitrate isn't going to solve anything in regards to the sound other than creating an unnecessarily big file.
Sombre Septembre - Le Lointain CDR (2006, Seagulls Screaming Productions)
01. Il Fait Si Froid 02. Est-ce Une Reverie? 03. La Pomme De Terre 04. Le Bas-côté 05. Le Nez Rouge 06. Des Rêves 07. Le Lointain 08. Le Sommeil De Trop? 09. Plume Et Regard 10. Déchirure 11. Passée La Nuit 12. Seul
German guitar indie 7" with some slight dark/melancholy touches at times on some of these tracks. The song "Different" is excellent, the last track ("Hello") has a locked loop groove, so I simply faded it out after a couple seconds...
This appears to be their debut release, though a CD (not including these tracks) was later released featuring recordings from 1992-96.
The Dead Adair - Different 7" (1990, Die Schwarze 7)
01. Different
02. Monterrey Revisited
03. I'm Sure I'll Go To Heaven (Anyway)
04. Hello
I believe this is the only release put out by Rot Guts, a Belgian
cold wave, post-punk, new wave act. "Forgotten In The Age" is the better
of the two tracks in my opinion, great DIY early Cure sound. "What Did
You Do?" is certainly a more conventional new wave/post-punk tune, but not
bad...
Rot Guts - Forgotten In The Age 7" (1982, Nuclear Production Records)
Missed In Diary were a band from Detroit, Michigan in the early-mid 90s that often got lumped with the goth scene (not sure if by accident or design). While many of the bands in the genre during this time period were trying their darndest Andrew Eldrich, Carl McCoy, Siouxsie, Ian Curtis, Rozz Williams, Robert Smith, etc. impressions... these guys appear to have been greater influenced particularly by bands like For Against, along with the guitar-wave indie + shoegaze movement. Certainly an under-rated band, and they appeared to have received more recognition in Europe. These records are not that difficult to find despite being released on their own label, and often are cheap whenever I see them. I believe some cassettes were also released, but I only recall ever seeing one on ebay many years ago.
Missed In Diary - Wonders Why 7" (1991, Eye Records)
01. Wonders Why
02. Rise & Shine
Missed In Diary - Remember When 7" (1993, Eye Records)
01. Remember When
02. To Crowd The Hours
Missed In Diary - Dissolve EP CD (1995, Eye Records)
01. To Crowd The Hours
02. Pause For Effect
03. Wonders Why
04. Gone
05. Dissolve
