Homelife (1979-1980) (Trans blue vinyl)

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Trans Blue vinyl - limited edition of 200 copies. There really can't be many bands from the Punk/New Wave era whose back and future story involves anyone from Wham, Robbie Williams, Tears for Fears, Coldplay, Kate Bush, The Stranglers, Scars, and Mod revival acts. Here's part of the story of how it happened. For Bristol band Private Dicks, it was all high wire booze fuelled thrills and spills, near misses, near hits, dodging corporate music business 'bullets', highly inventive and great songs, roared out at crazy gigs. Then the band became a cold closed case music business file. That situation has been rectified. The release of the Homelife album on Bristol Archive Records finally sees the proper presentation of a set of don't-get-stoned-or-you-miss- it, nailed down full-on classics. This is an asking no stupid questions, forty-minute collection of awesomeness, angst, anger and attractions. Rough and ready the recordings may be at times, but these gems still shine so hard. Private Dicks were a band getting serious attention. They had been tipped by 'Sounds' to be one of three breakthrough acts for 1980. The others were pre-Virgin signed Scritti Pollitti and some other combo called U2. Our noisy Bristol boys had also been featured on the seminal Avon Calling 1978 Heartbeat Records compilation which John Peel had championed so avidly. "Don't Follow My Lead" still has that epic visceral thrill rush which captivated him, having a definitive gaze in the direction it travels. "Exile in Neverland" is a still under three minutes longer bundle of utter 'we're getting it' glory: a lost classic - until now. "Catalogue Girls" a delicious blend of new wave Elvis watching the detectives in Soho set against a Springsteen bobbysox style throwback. "Green Is in The Red" is no homage to the later US band but a sharp reminder of what it is like to be brassic lint - skint.