Friday, October 15, 2021

Sugarblast - Mind ep (1992, Emergo Insight)


From the sound of it, this little spoken of UK quartet had an ear for a couple of their contemporaries, namely Mega City Four and the Senseless Things. Less vigorous than the almighty Megas, Sugarblast nonetheless had a keen melodic acumen, buttressed with an enticing cavalcade of ringing chords and bright vocals. No filler takes residence in this Mind, though the band opt for a curious, galloping rhythm on "Believe," and for the concluding "Stabbed" they get the notion to lay on the wah-wah pedal. This ep and the subsequent Sunny Outside ep (released that same year) were bundled onto one disk, though it appears Sugarblast's slim discography was an import-exclusive affair. 

01. Mind
02. Spinning
03. Mighty High Opinion
04. Believe
05. Stabbed

Hear

1 comment:

roverinexile said...

I saw them play with another band from Workington (there can't have been many), Sensitize, at the Jericho in Oxford back in 1991/92. Think I did a kind of interview with them before the show. Pretty good, though a sparse audience on a midweek evening.