Today’s offering comes via a download from somewhere else a few years ago….where and when I can’t say for certain – having noted the track was from the late 80s by an Edinburgh band I had never heard of, I shoved it onto the hard drive.
To be honest, I wasn’t too enamoured by it, being very much of its time….synth-pop that’s very easy on the ear. Kind of appealing to fans of Danny Wilson was the thought. Or indeed those who love Jordan The Comeback by Prefab Sprout, the sort of sound that didn’t annoy me so much that I’d delete the file.
Doing a bit of research for this posting and it turns out that Indian Givers did support Danny Wilson on one of their major UK tours and so are perhaps remembered by some. The band consisted of Nigel Sleaford, Simon Fraser and Avril Jamieson. They were signed to Virgin Records and released two singles and an album over the summer of 1989, follwoing which they seemed to just disappear….there’s certainly not too much out there about them.
This was their debut single and the pic above is the reverse of its picture sleeve.
mp3 : Indian Givers – Hatcheck Girl
JC
I love Danny Wilson and think Jordan is a work of genius and have the lp so you are right. Had a bit of a student crush on the girl member
I have the whole album- Love is a Lie. I actually like it a lot , I guess it takes all types.
Indeed it does Jane.
As I said, not one that I wanted to delete but not enough in it to make me want to check further.
TBH the album is a bit of a guilty pleasure not challenging but fun. 🙂