The June Brides - Every Conversation. Pink Records 7". Pinky 2.

Considering how much The June Brides meant to me for a brief period in 1985 I'm amazed by how unfamiliar I am with the track, Disneyland, on the flip of this release. Bear in mind this is a single that's been in my possession for twenty seven years. It's clearly the early onset of dementia. Or terminal drunk brain. The A-side also sounds too slow. Probably a hangover from seeing them live on many occasions.

Anyhoo, it's good poppy stuff. The Brides are back amongst us again, releasing a flurry of formats on Occultation and popping up at various venues and hostelries. Check 'em out.

Enjoy.

 The June Brides - Every Conversation. Pink Records 7". Pinky 2.

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The Wolfhounds - The Anti-Midas Touch - Pink Records 7". Pinky 14.

Following their inclusion on the NME's C-86 cassette - an influential but patchy grab-bag of indie, angry, shambling or shite white kids - The Wolfhounds outgrew an early, limiting, obsession with The Fall and started to issue blinders like this. Somewhere in the dictionary of finger-popping hipster slang there is an entry for this record correctly identifying it as a 'tune'. Enjoy.


The Wolfhounds - Anti-Midas Touch - Pink Records 7". Pinky 14.

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June Brides - In The Rain - Pink Records 7". Pinky1.

Two prime slices of brass-driven, Postcard-influenced pure pop from The June Brides, and the first release on The Pink Label. I could hear In The Rain every day for the rest of my life and still never tire of it. Enjoy.

 June Brides - In The Rain - Pink Records 7". Pinky1.

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That Petrol Emotion - Keen. The Pink Label 7" Pinky 004.

That Petrol Emotion were an act formed out of the ashes of The Undertones by brothers Damian and John O'Neill, drummer Ciaran McLaughlin and American in Europe, Steve Mack. This was their first single, on the Pink Label. A more politically-upfront act than The Undertones, they went on to have minor success in Europe and the USA. I've included some correspondence from the time.

That Petrol Emotion - Keen. The Pink Label 7" Pinky 004.

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