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Sunday 16 March 2014

It Just Grows


If everyone who has left a comment below a New Fads song on Youtube or elsewhere saying how great they were had bought their records they'd surely have been millionaires. Fondly remembered, under-rated and a belting live band. The singer Andy Spearpoint's wife/partner was a teacher at the school in Failsworth I did my first teaching practice in, back in 1993. We bumped into them in a Rusholme curry house once. I prevented myself from bumbling about what a good band they were. Which they really were.

Big was a hit on the indie chart and has busy percussion, some lovely off-centre horns, choppy guitar, a massive bassline and Andy's cut-and-paste lyrics seemingly delivered from elsewhere. Indie-dance you can actually dance to if you're so inclined.

Big

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

brilliant band/record

george said...

I have one of their albums. Body Exit Mind. Haven't played it for years and years.

mike said...

i did what i can :)
11 records and a few cds
but never seen them live