Monday 3 October 2011

Candy changed her tune ...... 35 Summers



So many bands just seemed to pour out of the Madchester scene once the flood gates were opened. But as usual the Music papers had already forgotten the scene that only a couple of years ago they had championed. Yes thats right GRUNGE was gaining a massive following over in the states and NME thought it was (Like everything they do! ) the new big thing, this of course would be followed by the rise of Britpop which they championed until they got bored !. With Madchester in a state of flux there were lots of bands who became invisible to the music press and to us the readers who only caught small condescending reviews to favour the Shit that was coming over from America!.

35 summers were one of these bands and like a few of that bands that had the "indie dance" label attached to them they released a cover as their 1st single. A baggy reworking of the Beatles "Come together" was the order of the day just like other bands outputs like  Candy flip, The soup dragons and The Farm would all produce a single by someone else. Not to say  its a bad thing because it was for my tastes a fantastic reworking and also their next 2 singles "Really down" and "i wont try". Really down sets the whole tone for the album with the jangly guitar and the Baggy beats and hart felt lyrics that made me smile.

Even though they toured with Northside and EMF in 1991 with the summer of love in full swing it wasn't long before they disbanded and the Debut album "Sketch" was shelved and forgotten apart from a Japanese issue.



Link to the debut album "Sketch":
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ce13bb9/n/35_summers-sketch.rar

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