Last time I listened to the Mock Turtles' Can You Dig It? it struck me that it probably isn't all that different from, idk, the Primitives or (at a push) Transvision Vamp. Maybe baggy, and Ian Brown in particular, opened up a new place for that specific brand of bright UK guitar pop could hide once it stopped being so popular. Or maybe I'm making that up.
CTRL+F isn't turning up any mention of James' Sit Down, Chesney Hawkes' The One and Only, or anything by Voice of the Beehive. Are they took UK-specific?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 29 April 2024 02:44 (two weeks ago) link
US here: Don't know any of those save "Sit Down" ... which I only know via a mixtape from my first girlfriend (who was British). Nice song! I'd buy that it shares some DNA with this thread and certainly with the Mock Turtles wing, tho that whole area is more enveloping and organic-sounding than the compressed, hyper-punchy "uptempo rhythm machines" that make up the core.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 April 2024 13:19 (two weeks ago) link
Would this be a bit closer? This was the main VOTB song I was thinking of and it has something of a late 80s overhang feel. The crunchy drums do most of the work and the guitars decorate. Although the guitar leads aren't really that big.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3C1K5b5VI
The Chesney song might be a bit too 'organic' sounding, although not in the indie way - it's more AOR power ballad (albeit a very uptempo one). But it feels like it has similar make-up.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 29 April 2024 14:12 (two weeks ago) link
Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart ticks most of the boxes too?
― Siegbran, Monday, 29 April 2024 15:37 (two weeks ago) link
The only reason I have heard Voice of the Beehive and Transvision Vamp are because of the radio station I listened to throughout high school. IDK what to call it but my friends & I made a playlist and it's an accurate simulation of listening to the station bitd if you put it on shuffle. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xdq8zS6zbJDGlC8yHu1Pq?si=93f98317da074cb5
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 29 April 2024 15:40 (two weeks ago) link