It's comforting to see major lights of C-86 easing into middle age while remaining faithful to their teenage essence. Take Rob Pursey and Amelia Fletcher, formerly of Tallulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap. They're taking a break from their day job in Catenary Wires to don another disguise, this time as European Sun and have just released an eponymous debut album.
These are songs for their constituency. The album cover a knowing tribute to the Warhol sleeve for The Velvet Underground & Nico with an ice cream cone with proud flake standing in for the iconic banana. European Son becomes European Sun. Brighton stands in for New York. Lovely.
So these are songs for those who came of age in the late Eighties at Primal Scream, 14 Iced Bears and My Bloody Valentine gigs. It has plenty of Velvets drone, plenty of wistful bah bah bas for forty and fifty somethings with growing kids of their own who probably prefer Grime. It's an altogether charming record. Slightly wistful. Greatly consoling.
Their Bandcamp page says it all: 'Proud members of Europe regardless of the place of the UK, and humble advocates for humanity, equity and justice in life, European Sun also make music.' Yes they do, and they should be treasured. The meek will inherit the earth. We can only hope so.
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