Our friends at Mine for Life recently reminded me of a relatively unknown band whose CD I picked up years ago, but never gave much of a listen to. File Suburban Sprawl under post-new wave? Not overwhelmingly synthy or guitarsy, this well coifed quintet from points unknown, strike me as having gotten their foot in a certain door that was just about to slam firmly shut by the late '80s. Bit of a nondescript angle here, but Ice's hottest idea, "Serious" would slot in well with say, Wire Train or Red Rockers. Suburban Sprawl sported a pretty plush sound,that wasn't fully arrived on the bulk of this disk, and sadly it looks like they never followed up on this album's promise. Discogs pegs Ice's copyright as 1987, but the sleeve notes don't provide a date. I'd put it at 1988 or later. The tray card tracklist is a bit scrambled as well. I'm not entirely sure what the title of the sixth cut is, but seven is definitely "Wanda Wanda," not "Wireless." Check out the non-LP "Borders" from the Mine for Life blog link above. 01. Baby Feet
02. At a Glance
03. Stay Forever
04. Ice
05. Keep the Faith
06. Wireless (?)
07. Wanda Wanda
08. Serious
09. Feel Appeal
10. Weekends
11. Resident
12. Never Say Never
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3 comments:
Thanks for posting this one. They were from the east coast I believe.
This is really a good album.
Thank you soo much for sharing it!
The copyright on the 45 for Wanda Wanda b/w Stay Forever is 1989
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