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‘I Know It’s Only Indie Pop… But I Like It’ (LP, Big Pink Cake) From ’86 to ’90, South Devon expats The Groove Farm inhabited the same fertile Bristol indie scene as The Flatmates, The Chesterfields and the cut-above Brilliant Corners. As this compilation shows, TGF’s stock-in-trade was the jangly, three-minute thrashalong, looking backwards to punk (speed, DIY feel, aggrieved/outsider voice) while anticipating 90s indie’s texture, introspection and baggier tempos. ‘Surfin’ Into Your Heart’ (stompalong bass, anxious treble vocals) is pure Buzzcocks, while ‘Silly Phase’ (skittering fretwork, lolloping indie drums) recalls The Wedding Present. Too many of ‘IKIOIP’s 23 songs gust by in a blur of speed and ‘Huh! Quite nice, that’ melodies, but there’s enough here to underline TGF’s place as a footnote in Bristol pop culture. (Steve Wright) http://bigpinkcake.co.uk/category/releases/ Copyright Steve Wright 2011 |
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