tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post1021769317764512381..comments2024-03-25T07:54:13.970+00:00Comments on Left and to the Back: Boutique - Butterfly & Strawberries and Cream23 Daveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-65804175526172188082016-04-03T19:55:09.213+01:002016-04-03T19:55:09.213+01:00As I remember it, nobody really criticised them fo...As I remember it, nobody really criticised them for seeming retro or out of date at the time - any dismissals seemed to be more about their vague association with the damp squib of the Romo movement. (InAura suffered in a similar way, and were a fantastic live and studio band). Actually, I don't think they were written about very much at all. <br /><br />At the time, I seem to remember thinking their noises *just about* fitted into the dominant Britpop trends. Those Jam/Beatles riffs on "Strawberries and Cream", for example, and the angularity of some of the singles, meant they weren't Visage Mk II.23 Daveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-37294943397926605042016-04-03T19:45:32.244+01:002016-04-03T19:45:32.244+01:00Had I know they existed in 1995-1996, I would have...Had I know they existed in 1995-1996, I would have been all over them. What probbaly sounded out of date then makes it sound a bit more "timeless" (like 1980s v. 1990s "timeless.") The remixes on "Strawberries and Cream," though, strike me as very Manchester 1991-3. VanceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644001020525327405noreply@blogger.com