Something Old, Something New - THE TELESCOPES - PERFECT NEEDLE (1989) + SPOTLIGHT KID - "PLAN COMES APART" (2011)

This right here is the missing link between the JESUS AND MARY CHAIN and THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE...

...and some new gaze from Nottingham, England. This is from Spotlight Kids' 2nd album "DISASTER TOURIST", nice...

RECENT DISCOVERY #1 - CHIMERA - THE DAY STAR EP (1995)

Picked this one up recently at a local Salvation Army. The name seemed strangely familiar so I took a chance with it as it had a dreampop/shoegaze type of presentation. 4 songs with titles such as "2 SUNNY", "LET ME BE AROUND", "CLOSER", &...(wait for it)..."UNTITLED".

The band hailed from Ireland and as I heard the 4 tracks with it's clear (un-shoegazy like) female lead vocals and nice sounding slightly distorted guitars I could swear the light through my blinds started to intensify and the November sun became more robust as if seeking to pull back it's August strength.

This is everything you wanted the Cranbrerries to be (if you ever cared for them, that is). Or what would of happened if the Cranberries vocalist joined up with My Bloody Valentine and they decided to head in a poppier direction. Beauty, sweetness...and light.