The Darling Buds get on the seasonal records act by releasing their cover of The Sugarbabes 2000 hit New Year. There are two versions here with the Rise and Demise of John Mix being the more palatable to the ear. It’s a free/pay what you want download from Oddbox Records and is only available until January 2nd 2019. And here is the original for comparison’s sake. Facebook Continue reading The Darling Buds – New Year
I am old enough to remember the term Blonde Movement, coined by then Melody Maker writer Chris Roberts back in the day, to describe a late 1980’s musical movement which was defined by the hair colour of vocalists of The Primitives, Darling Buds, Transvision Vamp and to a lesser extent Birdland! Amazingly the first two bands from that list are still releasing music a quarter of a century later. The Primitives for a number of years now whilst The Darling Buds have just released their first new material for almost 25 years. The former release a new EP on Elefant … Continue reading Blonde on Blonde
Complicated is taken from the new EP by The Darling Buds which is also their first recorded output for over twenty five years. Titled Evergreen it features four tracks and is due for release in mid-April on 10″ vinyl or cassette. Complicated is more Crawdaddy or Erotica rather than Pop Said but amongst the riffs there are some pop sensibilities. It will be interesting to hear how the rest of the EP pans out. The limited edition green vinyl has sold out already but it’s still available in black. You can pre-order from here. Homepage Continue reading The Darling Buds – Complicated
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