(Photo of Matt Jones from Melody Maker circa 1989)
The Hepburns from Wales make nearly perfect pop. They had a brief glimpse of pop stardom in the 80′s with an lp and a 12″ on Cherry Red as well as a Peel session. They disappeared shortly afterward only to reappear on the San Fransisco imprint Radio Khartoum in 2000. Their new record, Something Worth Stealing, is out Nov. 6 on Radio Khartoum. “The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye” is the highly anticipated single. It’s got that jazzy lounge singer sound that the British do so well complete with ringing guitar, charming backing vocals and jazzy vibraphone.
Buy it here.
The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye (highly recommended)
Bonus tracks from 2 forthcoming albums Where The Missing Words Live and How The Fallen Are Mighty
My Brother The Submariner (riyl The Beautiful South)
Writer Friend
Back catalog
Tokyo Rollerball Cheerleader Chant
Blouson-Style Jacket
Jackie
Llan Pop
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On a slightly unrelated note: the British anti-folk singer Hugh John Noble has released a free ep on ActionPop called Sings The Songs Of America. The songs he choose to cover include tunes from The Umpteens, The Owl, Adam Lipman, and Actual Birds. Each song has something going for it despite the ultra lofi production and distorted/dirgelike vocals. This is the poppiest number:
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