The Reds Pinks & Purples - Unwishing Well

 

Glen Donaldson, the bearded, wooly hatted middle aged man behing the The Reds Pinks & Purples wheel  is developing some brand. A memory lane experience particularly for those who earned their stripes in the mid to late Eighties and fastened their fortunes to C-86 Indie values.

Those days are long gone, but you wouldn't know it if you keep your eyes on the latest alternative releases and particualrly the San Francisco Indie scene where Donaldson holds court. If you're going to San Francisco. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. And chelsea boots, and shake a tambourine while you're at it 

 

The Pastels, Razorcuts and early Primal Scream are alive and well it seems. And they're playing in an indie bar in Frisco. No more Kim Novak. No more Karl Malden. No more Moby Grape. Things have moved thirty years and more back in time. Nostalgia is the new progress.

Meanwhile Reds Pinks & Purples have become a production line. A conveyor belt. Every six months or so another album drops off the line. Pretty similar to the one that came before and the one that's coming up. Wistful melodies, Smiths song titles, jangling guitars, wistful vocals.Perfect for types who think change is overrated. The latest is called Unwishing Well. And it's about dreaming your life away. There are worse things to do.