“Every
now and then we at Detour get to release a record which will stand as a modern
day Mod classic.
The wild
cards of the ‘90’s Mod scene –they played regularly with The Clique, The Moment
etc. - The Studio ’68! recorded their incredible debut album ‘Portobellohello’
in a two week blitz in August 1992. However, the tapes from those extraordinary
sessions were subsequently lost for twenty years. Until now!
The
perfect sonic synthesis of The Small Faces, The Prisoners, The Action and The
Who delivered through a psychedelic pop prism- ‘Portobellohello’ is, quite
simply, a Mod masterpiece to rival The Prisoners ‘The Last Fourfathers’ or even
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake!
Channelling
the youthful aggression of their live shows -which saw NME place them in a
proto-Britpop scene with Five Thirty and Dodgy- it is a Hammond organ heavy
orgy of wild acid freakbeat (Windfall, The Other Me), groovy garage rock
(Rollin’ Machine, Mrs Choudhrey) and soulful Kinks-esque ‘60’s pop (Death Of A
Poet, Afternoon Sun) which captures the band-average age 22 - at the peak of
their powers. Way ahead of its time, ‘Portobellohello’ also surfs a far off
wave of the zeitgeist which within two years would engulf the mainstream as
Britpop. In short, it is a timeless
reminder that The Studio ’68! were one of the truly great Mod bands. Form an
orderly queue, please!”
Tracks
Windfall
/ Goodbye Baby And Amen / Afternoon Sun / The Other Me / Death Of A Poet / In A
Broken Dream / Rollin’ Machine / Mrs Choudhrey / Just Say The Word /
Portobellohello / Get Out Of My Hair / Doubledeckerbus / Lighthouse / Pop
Star’s County Mansion / He’s My Sister / How To Succeed In The Music Business
ONLY 200 COPIES PRESSED SO BE
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I have had the pleasure
of receiving an advance promo copy of this release so will be posting a review
soon.
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