There was a time that I seem to recall back in the 80s when
aspiring American bands eyes were cast toward the goings on of the British
Isles. When you see bands like the Fall,
Swell Maps, Joy Division, and the millions other that I love creating new sounds
that made the American music scene seem like a bloated armadillo on the side of
some shit ass Texas highway, then it stands to reason that you would wish to
import those sounds and recast them in an American image (this country isn’t as
original as we wish to believe). And
that’s where Half Church’s sound seems to be birthed from. San Franciscians, I believe, they might as
well have been from any area within 150 miles of London. I think I’ve always had a bit of an
Anglophone fetish so I can fully understand these American bands that were just
sick of their homegrown sounds. Heavens
knows I still am. And what happened to these
fellas? As far as I can glean, this was
their lone recording. What a drag.
Google around, dude...there's a bit more (btw the singer was from the UK--but only the singer)
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