Groovin in my tighty whiteys with a pack of menthol fags.
Fake tan streaks on my thighs like a sepia Cy fucking Twombly.
Blastin Toto’s Rosanna and scratchin my balls, I sprinkle talcon powder on
my mirrored desk to impress the sleeping woman next to me.
She rouses from her slumber with an acrid belch.
“shut this shit off,” she whispers.
I turn it up and sing “ALL I WANNA DO WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING IS SEE YOUR EYES.”
She pulls a tape walkman from her bag, puts on her headphones and turns away from me.
A Glimpse of Paradise put on delicious parties in Newcastle Upon Tyne, often featuring some of the 14 acts collated for this cassette, their first release. It’s an eclectic affair, kicking off with a killer trio; Molly Nilsson’s jolly filicide shanty “All Children Are Going to Die”, Ravioli Me Away’s glorious misandric revenge anthem “Cat Call” and the twinkling lo-fi pop of San Francisco’s Group Rhoda. Design A Wave bring a Yacht Rock smoothness that compliments Lucy Jones’ pastel artwork, while it’s left to White Night and The Wharves to bring a bit more rough and tumble into the mix. The collection finds its coherence in grappling with the fringes of 80s pop, winking and blinking in the light of its C86 forebears, but there’s also a welcome sense of humour that is most evidenced in Cousins’ Journey-channelling tribute to being “stuck in a bacon roll” and The Rebel’s Casio Sade cover.
Don’t wake up!
[Editor’s Note: YO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
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