{"id":4409,"date":"2019-03-12T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:28:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:28:51","slug":"pale-lips-after-dark-waterslide-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4409","title":{"rendered":"Pale Lips \u2013 After Dark (Waterslide Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After Dark is a 30 minute chunk of sugar sweet indie pop that transports you right back to the much missed C86 era of The Darling Buds, Primitives, Flatmates and The Shop Assistants. A glorious time of striped t-shirts, skin light denim, Cuban heals and bowl cuts.<\/p>\n

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Some Sort of Rock n’ roll kicks things off like the Banana Splits finally unleashing The Sour Grapes Bunch on an unsuspecting end-of-the-sixties world. I’m a Witch kicks in all drums and screams, with no chord wasted and no harmony missed. Lovely!<\/p>\n

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Hanky Panky Franky is walking bass-line-tastic with some sweet and sexy hand claps and next up cracker, You’re a Doll is a song that would get Biters fans tapping their too-cool-for-school toes to ….. complete with theramin \/ keyboard magic.<\/p>\n

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That Old Ghost Don’t Lie slows things down a touch with it’s echo-to-the-max guitar riff, while All My Baby Brought Back Was the Blues brings a bit of harmonica to the (KKK Took My Baby) mix. This is great stuff and while it won’t change your life but it’ll sure brighten up your dull day.<\/p>\n

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The Kids and Johnny are pure buzzsaw Ramones, with the later adding a bit of deep sax to the musical palate…. ooohhh saucy!<\/p>\n

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Hiding from the Moon, Show Me Another Way to Your Heart and Doo-Wop Showaddywaddy all sound like mega pop hits and should find a nice place in your life where you can groove each night away on a star-spangled dance floor where nobody gives a fuck about tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Sadly every party has to end but those nice Pale Lips girls see us off down the road with a little Cosmic Love in our hearts and it’s a banger.<\/p>\n

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So there you go, just under 31 minutes of pure pop fun. Coincidently the Banana Splits ran for 31 episodes….. it’s a sign I tells ya!<\/p>\n

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Think shoving your Redd Kross lp on 45, think Ronettes playing Ramones tunes and if you really need some more Hanna Barbera rock & roll in your life, click the BUY button on the website of your favourite purveyor of quality music.<\/p>\n

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Buy After Dark: Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Author : Fraser Munro<\/b><\/p>\n