1982 4-Piece Demo
Strawberry Switchblade
1982 4-Piece Demo
Boomkat Product Review:
The first official and fully-licensed unreleased Strawberry Switchblade material to emerge in over three decades, '1982 4-Piece Demo' bundles the unheard proto-C86 experiment 'Spanish Song' with two early versions of tracks that would surface on their debut single.
Best known as a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, Glasgow art punks Strawberry Switchblade started life as a four-piece, with friends Janis Goodlet and Carole McGowan on bass and drums. Their earliest recordings were shelved at the time, and the material has been difficult to excavate; when McDowall and Bryson parted ways in 1986, disagreements prevented them from reissuing the demo. Thankfully, Night School, who've done a good job repackaging McDowall's super solo albums, have managed to secure the rights to this one, and it highlights the band's early promise. The full quartet versions of 'Trees and Flowers' and 'Go Away' are markedly different from the fleshed-out, woodwind-addled recordings that emerged a year later, showing more similarity with the later wave of DIY twee pop. But the real chase here is 'Spanish Song', a previously unreleased Sarah Records-style jangler with a brittle, wonky pulse.
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Boomkat Product Review:
The first official and fully-licensed unreleased Strawberry Switchblade material to emerge in over three decades, '1982 4-Piece Demo' bundles the unheard proto-C86 experiment 'Spanish Song' with two early versions of tracks that would surface on their debut single.
Best known as a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, Glasgow art punks Strawberry Switchblade started life as a four-piece, with friends Janis Goodlet and Carole McGowan on bass and drums. Their earliest recordings were shelved at the time, and the material has been difficult to excavate; when McDowall and Bryson parted ways in 1986, disagreements prevented them from reissuing the demo. Thankfully, Night School, who've done a good job repackaging McDowall's super solo albums, have managed to secure the rights to this one, and it highlights the band's early promise. The full quartet versions of 'Trees and Flowers' and 'Go Away' are markedly different from the fleshed-out, woodwind-addled recordings that emerged a year later, showing more similarity with the later wave of DIY twee pop. But the real chase here is 'Spanish Song', a previously unreleased Sarah Records-style jangler with a brittle, wonky pulse.
**Lossless format for this release contains 24 bit / 48 kHz audio**
Boomkat Product Review:
The first official and fully-licensed unreleased Strawberry Switchblade material to emerge in over three decades, '1982 4-Piece Demo' bundles the unheard proto-C86 experiment 'Spanish Song' with two early versions of tracks that would surface on their debut single.
Best known as a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, Glasgow art punks Strawberry Switchblade started life as a four-piece, with friends Janis Goodlet and Carole McGowan on bass and drums. Their earliest recordings were shelved at the time, and the material has been difficult to excavate; when McDowall and Bryson parted ways in 1986, disagreements prevented them from reissuing the demo. Thankfully, Night School, who've done a good job repackaging McDowall's super solo albums, have managed to secure the rights to this one, and it highlights the band's early promise. The full quartet versions of 'Trees and Flowers' and 'Go Away' are markedly different from the fleshed-out, woodwind-addled recordings that emerged a year later, showing more similarity with the later wave of DIY twee pop. But the real chase here is 'Spanish Song', a previously unreleased Sarah Records-style jangler with a brittle, wonky pulse.
**Lossless format for this release contains 24 bit / 48 kHz audio**
Boomkat Product Review:
The first official and fully-licensed unreleased Strawberry Switchblade material to emerge in over three decades, '1982 4-Piece Demo' bundles the unheard proto-C86 experiment 'Spanish Song' with two early versions of tracks that would surface on their debut single.
Best known as a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, Glasgow art punks Strawberry Switchblade started life as a four-piece, with friends Janis Goodlet and Carole McGowan on bass and drums. Their earliest recordings were shelved at the time, and the material has been difficult to excavate; when McDowall and Bryson parted ways in 1986, disagreements prevented them from reissuing the demo. Thankfully, Night School, who've done a good job repackaging McDowall's super solo albums, have managed to secure the rights to this one, and it highlights the band's early promise. The full quartet versions of 'Trees and Flowers' and 'Go Away' are markedly different from the fleshed-out, woodwind-addled recordings that emerged a year later, showing more similarity with the later wave of DIY twee pop. But the real chase here is 'Spanish Song', a previously unreleased Sarah Records-style jangler with a brittle, wonky pulse.
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Estimated Release Date: 09 May 2025
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Boomkat Product Review:
The first official and fully-licensed unreleased Strawberry Switchblade material to emerge in over three decades, '1982 4-Piece Demo' bundles the unheard proto-C86 experiment 'Spanish Song' with two early versions of tracks that would surface on their debut single.
Best known as a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, Glasgow art punks Strawberry Switchblade started life as a four-piece, with friends Janis Goodlet and Carole McGowan on bass and drums. Their earliest recordings were shelved at the time, and the material has been difficult to excavate; when McDowall and Bryson parted ways in 1986, disagreements prevented them from reissuing the demo. Thankfully, Night School, who've done a good job repackaging McDowall's super solo albums, have managed to secure the rights to this one, and it highlights the band's early promise. The full quartet versions of 'Trees and Flowers' and 'Go Away' are markedly different from the fleshed-out, woodwind-addled recordings that emerged a year later, showing more similarity with the later wave of DIY twee pop. But the real chase here is 'Spanish Song', a previously unreleased Sarah Records-style jangler with a brittle, wonky pulse.
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