indie pop ⁽¹³⁾

The Clouds, Tranquil. Released in 1987 on the Subway Organisation Records Label and sounding quite a lot like The Stone Roses (maybe that's where the Roses got their inspiration?). Anyway this particular track appears to be the only single by the band fronted by two brothers John and Bill Charnley. The single itself reaching the dizzy heights of #13 in the UK Indie Chart. They were: The tracklisting: They did release another track 'Jenny Nowhere' on the B Side of…

Yeovil Indie Pop The Chesterf!elds were formed in Yeovil in 1984 and were with Subway Organization Records until about 1987 when Simon Barber from the band set up the 'Household Records' label. By 1989 they had called it a day, but were re-united again in 2016. Have a listen to the track 'Shame About The Rain' at the link. The track is taken from the album 'Kettle' released on Subway Organization Records which was in turn distributed by 'The Cartel' an…

...Who knows someone, who knows Alan McGee quite well... The Pooh Sticks From the Peel Session recorded in 1988. The song was released on the Welsh Indie Label Fierce Recordings in 1988. The Pooh Sticks were from Swansea and as well as melodic jangly guitars they also had plenty of tongue in cheek humour with witty titles and lyrics (as per above). As well as this one other titles include 'On Tape' and 'Indie Pop Ain't Noise Pollution'. On Tape…