Welcome back, music lovers. This week is one devoted to obscuroid artists from roughly the 1980s who seemed like they should have had a hit single or two, but never quite managed. Perhaps they were too acquired of a taste. I am not aware of any pop band that can come up with quite the lyrics this one managed to create back in the day.
I’ll recycle on that Neon Vincent has posted before as a start. Shriekback was a band I became familiar with thanks to their Oil And Gold album, and especially the video for Nemesis. I may add the video for that later, but let’s try something a bit mellower first – what may be the first Zen pop song
Gunning for the Buddha was off 1986’s Big Night Music LP. The video itself is enjoyable. Staging it as a live performance was a nice touch. The whole album was wonderful. But it never really caught on. That said, they’re still around, and still making music and occasionally touring. If they ever get back to the US and I’m even remotely near enough, I’d love to see them. If not, I’ll gladly settle for anything new they’d like to release. Here’s a taste:
And they maintain an active website.
