Creak….hello…hello…hello? Anybody here? Blimey it’s dusty in here. Well here we go. Tunaday is back. For how long, who knows?
Thought I’d kick off with a lost and forgotten gem that I found on Spotify the other evening from late 80s Liverpool band, Benny Profane, Skateboard to Oblivion.
Spotify Link:Benny Profane-Skateboard to Oblivion
I’m curious if this is one of those bands that nobody has ever heard of. I’m not being wilfully obscure here. I’ve got both their albums Trapdoor Swing and Dumb Luck Charm on vinyl and they used to get played a lot. I did enjoy their witty lyrics with literate and movie references. I saw them a couple of times in about ,89. At the time I just liked it without considering why, but then I was very scratchy guitar and jangly indie C86. Listening to it now you can Teardrop Explodes and Wah! influences. In fact other tracks on the album such as Here Comes The Floor owe a massive debt to Cope’s Reynard the Fox. This is why Spotify is so great. It’s unlikely I would have dug the records out but I’ve really enjoyed hearing this again.
