For me the period between 1978 and 1982 in terms of my musical and personal journey was a question of fiding my taste. And Split Enz were a part of that journey. I think I was looking for intelligence, wit, melody and a certain resilience and idiosyncratic perspective and they played a strong hand on all fronts.
True Colours performed in different markets and is probably the bands best known album. It was quirky but Poppy;It has a cover that resembles the kind of painting that you might find yourself staring at one Saturday afternoon in a Modern Art Gallery and wander off eventually none the wiser.
The lyrics told stories about genuine life dilemmas. The guy in the corner of the office who no-one really likes and doesn't actually much like himself really. Why people stick together. Partially through fear. . The grief of parting when you're young. It has a certain Existential edge which is always a clincher for me. It comes from an angle as so many records did in those days. It stands up getting on to fifty years on. I wish it had a lyric sheet.
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