Lyceum
Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records - this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10â at the time).
By the tail end of the 1980s, the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7â singles on the Sarah label.
The Scottish five-piece released âIâve Got a Habitâ and âUnderneath the Window, Underneath the Sinkâ as EPs before really finding their feet with âLyceumâ. The album opens with âItâs Only Obviousâ and its gloriously youthful chorus of âwho needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was youâ. James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art.
This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one thatâs spirited not indulgent. If youâre not familiar with the bandâs charm, this is where you should begin.
2LP - Remastered from the original Toad Hall Studios tapes. Includes 10 bonus tracks from The Orchids' first 3 singles on Sarah Records. Standard weight double black vinyl with printed inner sleeves.
Lyceum
Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records - this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10â at the time).
By the tail end of the 1980s, the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7â singles on the Sarah label.
The Scottish five-piece released âIâve Got a Habitâ and âUnderneath the Window, Underneath the Sinkâ as EPs before really finding their feet with âLyceumâ. The album opens with âItâs Only Obviousâ and its gloriously youthful chorus of âwho needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was youâ. James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art.
This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one thatâs spirited not indulgent. If youâre not familiar with the bandâs charm, this is where you should begin.
2LP - Remastered from the original Toad Hall Studios tapes. Includes 10 bonus tracks from The Orchids' first 3 singles on Sarah Records. Standard weight double black vinyl with printed inner sleeves.
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Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records - this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10â at the time).
By the tail end of the 1980s, the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7â singles on the Sarah label.
The Scottish five-piece released âIâve Got a Habitâ and âUnderneath the Window, Underneath the Sinkâ as EPs before really finding their feet with âLyceumâ. The album opens with âItâs Only Obviousâ and its gloriously youthful chorus of âwho needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was youâ. James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art.
This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one thatâs spirited not indulgent. If youâre not familiar with the bandâs charm, this is where you should begin.
2LP - Remastered from the original Toad Hall Studios tapes. Includes 10 bonus tracks from The Orchids' first 3 singles on Sarah Records. Standard weight double black vinyl with printed inner sleeves.
