Yo! For my first review, I choose Snowball by the English band Field Mice.

An eight-track mini LP, released in 1989, between singles, by the legendary Sarah Records. A now-defunct label that included some excellent bands in its catalog: Orchids, Sea Urchins, Blueboy, etc...

The protagonist of this collection's tracks is melancholy. You can find it in different ways, such as in the more lively "You're Kidding Aren't You" and "This Love Is Not Wrong" or in the proto-dark, super chorus of "Letting Go". The nuances lead to Post-Punk, New Wave, and that genre that would later be labeled as Shoegaze. These elements are well blended in "White", a track characterized by layers, distortions, and a sort of almost vulnerable anger. The remaining tracks are softer and seem to have the quality of being able to lull the listener.

A half-hour of what I consider the true 80s indie-pop school.

F.Mariani

 

Tracklist Lyrics and Videos

01   Let's Kiss and Make Up ()

Without beforehand thinking
sometimes I say things
I could never hate you
I could never hate you

I do not mean one
word of what I say
I don't hate you
I don't, I do not

Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up
Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up

Without beforehand thinking
sometimes I say things
I could never hate you
I could never hate you

I do not mean one
word of what I say
I don't hate you
I love you

Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up
Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up

Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up
Let's kiss and make up
let's kiss and make up
Let's you and I
kiss and make up

02   You're Kidding Aren't You ()

03   End of the Affair ()

04   Couldn't Feel Safer ()

In this dark room, in this bed
When you hold me like this,
You're so secure
Your body that you press
My body to is very warm
Right now I fear nothing
I couldn't feel safer
I couldn't feel safer

I always feel this way, that no harm can come to me
When I'm in your company
I always feel this way, that no harm can come to me
When I'm in your company

In this dark room, in this bed
When you hold me like this,
You're so secure
Your body that you press
My body to is very warm
Right now I fear nothing
I couldn't feel safer
I couldn't feel safer

I always feel this way, that no harm can come to me
When I'm in your company
I always feel this way, that no harm can come to me
When I'm in your company

05   This Love Is Not Wrong ()

06   Everything About You ()

08   Letting Go ()

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