Greenhouse - Mad as Love ep (1990, Native)

Wish I'd stumbled upon this band sooner - about a three and a half decades sooner would just have about done the job to be accurate. Leeds denizens Greenhouse were sonically situated in the same high-strung environs as the Senseless Things and Thousand Yard Stare, albeit not quite as raucous.  "Mad as Love" (the song) is a lively, sub-three minute stab working in the familiar UK indie punk-pop constructs of its era, nonetheless yielding something fresh and astute.  "On the Occasion" pitches the tempo down a notch, but it's heightened melodic chops help it stand out equally. Nary a bad moment here, even if the concluding "Theft" comes off as a little askew (think pre-stardom Blur) in Greenhouse's overarching context.  

01. Mad as Love

02. On the Occasion

03. Ban the Car

04. Theft

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