The Shop Assistants Return To Their Posts [Reissues]
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01 - Shop Assistants - I Don't Want To Be Friends With You
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The Shop Assistants Return To Their Posts [Reissues]
Sort by Idolator (Free subscription) - 07/10/2008
The Scottish twee band the Shop Assistants are one of those bands that have been semi-lost to time, and the Internet hasn't been much help; their semi-official Web site has a Comic Sans header and links to a dead board and a (gasp!) negative NME review of their career retrospective. Perhaps that will change now that the British reissue outfit Cherry Red is putting out a new edition of Will Anything...
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New Vivian Girls Video - "Tell The World"
Sort by Stereogum (Free subscription) - 17/09/2008
I've said this all before, but the Vivian Girls play a great hazy blend of classic C86 (check out Shop Assistants or Talulah Gosh ) with high doses of Jesus & Mary Chain distortion and Spectored three-part harmonies. They're also clearly influenced by first wave Slumberland acts like Black Tambourine and K-associated twee-poppers Tiger Trap. All that said, they bring more than enough of their own...
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Will Anything Happen again?
Sort by No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) - 07/10/2008
Cherry Red - who, let's face it, would probably get National Lottery funding if they put the care they bring to looking after indie heritage into any other artform - are about to re-release The Shop Assistant's mighty Will Anything Happen ? In a mini celebration, here's the first of two posts featuring the album's highlights. I Don't Want To Be Friends With You: [Enjoy Safety Net as well]
