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I knew diddly squat about Television Personalities until I heard the name several times from a few pals, then finally came across the album at a local music shop. At this point I've heard three albums by the group but this is the first one I heard. A good introduction I feel to a lovely English new wave band! This is the first full album recorded by the Television Personalities.
"recorded after a four-year series of often brilliant D.I.Y. singles recorded under a variety of names, including the O-Level and the Teenage Filmstars, is probably the purest expression of Daniel Treacy's sweet-and-sour worldview. The songs, performed by Treacy, Ed Ball, and Mark Sheppard, predict both the C-86 aesthetic of simple songs played with a minimum of elaboration but a maximum of enthusiasm and earnestness and the later lo-fi aesthetic. The echoey, hissy production makes the songs sound as if the band were playing at the bottom of an empty swimming pool, recorded by a single microphone located two houses away, yet somehow that adds to the homemade charm of the record." -Allmusic
Totally agree with their description of sound. I often find it difficult to describe that diy, fuzzy, lo-fi sound. It's very English sounding (which I love) and has a mod rock feel to it. So definitely check it out! If you dig this I find them quite similar in sound to Desperate Bicycles, which I have posted months back. Click here to check that album out!
Track Listing:
1. This Angry Silence
2. Glittering Prizes
3. World of Pauline Lewis
4. Family Affair
5. Silly Girl
6. Diary of a Young Man
7. Geoffrey Ingram
8. I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
9. Jackanory Stories
10. Parties in Chelsea
11. Grande Illusion
12. Picture of Dorian Gray
13. Crying Room
14. Look Back in Anger
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