Tag: <span>80’s</span>

Fadeawayradiate Records Compilations are back!

Due to Bandcamp’s new regulations and the Epic shift and the Google troubles, our label page was completely gone for a while. We started again …

Under the Bridge

They say you can never go back and, perhaps even more tellingly, that the past is a different country where they do things differently. Certainly …

Cruise Control: A Yacht Rock Cover Comp

Our very own label has recently released our 5th comp to date. The musical genre we have chosen to cover this time is Yacht Rock: …

Tenant From Zero – The End Away

I introduced both Tenant From Zero (Tenant from Zero: single, EP and interview) and The Loch Ness Mouse (The Loch Ness Mouse S/T) on this blog …

Treatment – Solitary

Brooklyn’s 80’s sophistipop/dreampop project Treatment announce “Solitary” as the first single to the album “Pond Life” which will be coming out October 18th on Joe …

Gary Daly – I Work Alone

It is no big secret I am a huge China Crisis fan, always was, always will be. There are already two articles on this blog …

Softer Still – Nuances

Surrey’s purveyors of gentle blissed out indie pop, Softer Still have been teasing us with singles and EPs the last couple of years, but this …

Softer Still – Turtle Bay video/single

Softer Still are fam to Fadeawayradiate by now! Grant Williams, his girlfriend Ellie O’Shea and chums had quite a few features on here and also …

Chromatics – Black Walls

On May 16th, Portland-based four piece Chromatics (Ruth Radelet, Johnny Jewel, Adam Miller & Nat Walker), share their new track/ video “Black Walls” and confirm …

Candy Opera – Sophistipop Gem Unearthed

At the start of the year somebody posted a track of Candy Opera in the Sophistipop Lounge, which went almost completely unnoticed but not entirely. …

I Remember That!: 12 Sophistipop tunes quoted out of context…

Somewhere in May I sent a nice little cover of Oh Patti by Scritti Politti to a friend who said: “So… a Scritti-tribute album curated …

China Crisis – Saint Saviour Square: the elusive video….

In 1989, the China Crisis single “Saint Saviour Square” was released on Virgin Records from the album “Diary of a Hollow Horse“: their 5th studio …

Tenant from Zero: single, EP and interview

I think every Sophistipop lover would be over the moon to hear a combination of Prefab Sprout and The Aluminum Group with the vocals of …

The Holiday Crowd – S/T

If ever there’s music that I consider to be timeless and will never bore me, it’s the music of my favourite guitarist Johnny Marr, and …

Germans – Live in Amsterdam Bitterzoet 28-01-2017

Germans supporting The Radio Dept.- Amsterdam -28-01-2017 Set list: 1. Dead Bird 2. Hideaway (new track) 3. Cruel 4. Delusions (new track) 5. Anne + …

Drab Majesty – The Demonstration

Stark, beautiful, and poignant; the much-anticipated release from Los Angeles two-piece Drab Majesty has finally been released. With the singles “39 by Design”, “Cold Souls” …

Softer Still EP

I came across Softer Still whilst searching for new UK based dreampop acts, because of some event that might take place in the future. No, I’m …

Ablebody – Adult Contemporaries

Ablebody – Adult Contemporaries review and interview Release date October 14 Lolipop Records One thing is certain: the Depreciation Guild played a huge part in …

China Crisis: the Joy and the Spark Reignited

Live review, interview with Gary Daly, and review of “Autumn in the Neighbourhood “ As much as I enjoy listening to old 80’s bands sometimes and …

Sophistipop Then and Now…

According to wiki, the term: “Sophisti-pop was a subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK. It incorporates elements of jazz, …