Chris Thompson is one of the great lesser-known talents of the Scottish music scene. He first came to attention via Friends Again and has made a number of very different albums under the guise of The Bathers.
Back in 1990, he took time to form Bloomsday. This was a very talented group indeed. As well as Chris, you'd find Neil Clark on guitars and Stephen Irvine on drums - both had been part of Lloyd Cole & the Commotions. All songs on the one LP the band released in 1990 - Fortuny - are joint compositions. Oh and for good measure, the bassist on all the records was Mark Bedford of Madness.
It's a very fine record, albeit parts of it have dated a wee bit. One day I'll get round to featuring it on this blog. In the meantime here's the one 7" they released. It was on a major label too - Island Records:-
mp3 : Bloomsday - Strange Honey
mp3 : Bloomsday - Night Storm
Next up. The Bluebells. (There's no Blue Nile in this series.....I don't own any of their material)
3 comments:
It is a mighty fine lp - especially traps and lies - thanks for this as I'd never heard the b side before
shame on you re the blue nile though!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOO, we want some Blue Nile !!!
SC.
JC,
Admittedly it wasn't the whole Fortuny lp that was covered but Bloomsday has featured at the Vinyl Villain before:
http://thevinylvillain.blogspot.com/2009/05/merry-month-of-may-day-28-trapped-and.html
All the best,
g.
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