0650. The Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro
Eighties! But is it New romantic like Duran Duran or
New wave like Japan? I can't decide, but just listen
to the music, it's got to be one of those.
Oh, so it's neo-psychedelia? But, dude, it's not reminding me of The Soft Boys
at all. What gives? Ah, it's the organ in Sleeping Gas and the backmasked
guitars in Poppies In The Field? Hell with it. Genres doesn't seem to
come easily for anyone.
What this is, however, is full on shout-sung lyrics half the time and
great melodic work all the time.
I'd say that this is in some aspects better than anyhing sibling/rival band
Echo And The Bunnymen produced, but Echo on the other hand
had the stamina to ride out their success - The Teardrop Explodes went on to
release one more, radically different, album and then broke up before their
third.
And I can't figure out the band they remind me of.
