ENG: Irish band Whipping Boy come from Dublin and they are the very same group that made a success with the single "We Don't Need Nobody Else" in 1995. Despite that posterior success, the earlier e.p. we present today was released in 1990 and apparently shows how the band was heavily influenced by The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and The Fall. In the same titled e.p. the music of the W.B. seems like a guitar-wall-of-sound imprinted with scattered psychedelic configurations. Altogether, their sound is somewhat crude related to similar bands of the period such as The Jesus And Mary Chain. Enjoy!
Tracks:
01. Switchblade Smile
02. Valentine '69
03. Sugar I Swear
2. Venus In Furs: Love Lies 12'' e.p. (Backs Records-1986)
ENG: Venus In Furs are well known among the fans of new wave/post punk and the readers of Ten Thousand Eyes. The main members of the band, Emery Times and Skot Lucy expressed their musical intellect through V.I.F., counting a total of five LP's and several singles and e.ps from 1983 to 1990. "Love Lies" is a typical song from V.I.F. and comes from the third album "Real Moral Fibre" of 1986. For those who aren't familiar with V.I.F., their sound is melancholic and hypnotic, almost addictive even at fast tempos. Enjoy!
Tracks:
01. Love Lies
02. Chandleresque
03. The Other Passenger
3. The Wasp Factory: Bait 12'' e.p. (Midnight Music-1989)
ENG: Out of the varied roster of the british label Midnight Music here's The Wasp Factory and their cranky "Bait" e.p. We haven't unearthed any info on them. We guess they are British and most probably got their name after Iain Banks' same titled novel of 1984 release. Now for the band's music style, they experiment with post punk throughout. Enjoy!
Tracks:
01. Purple-Red Neck-Blues
02. Somewhere
03. "Fags"