Minneapolis band Green / Blue have clearly got a decent work ethic. Only months after I reviewed their LP Offering with gushing, wholesome praise, they're back with another, their third album in all Paper Thin.
It's not as good as Offering. Very few alternative guitar records will be for me. this year There's still plenty to enjoy here mind.
Green / Blue capture and bottle much of the sound and spirit that made the American leftfield charge of R.E.M, The Replacements, Guadalcanal Diary and the Paisley Underground bands so thrilling. This time round there's also a healthy dollop of the British Gothic dread of the same period. The Cure, Joy Division and The House of Love come to mind particularly.
Paper Thin like Offering is very, very 1984. I'm not complaining. I hope they're making inroads. Because although their sound is very, very much of those times, they do it all very well.
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