Friday, February 25, 2011

THE SERVANTS-the sun a small star 12" EP


An indie band formed in 1985, these middlesex quartet recorded this EP under head records with frontman david westlake. a big fan by stuart, vocalist of belle and sebastian, the servants was well received by the press that NME decided to include them in their C86 compilation. Later in 1987 the group has seen a change in their line-up with the addition of luke haines and hugh whitaker (drummer for the housemartins) and signed with creation records to release a couple of good tracks. this cut reminds me more of the 60's sound due to the acoustic reverb guitar solos and to hear the violin in the background truly makes it one of the finest pieces i've ever heard.

the sun a small star

3 comments:

cino_pacino said...

i like the song very sixties nga meron creation band na "westlake" sya rin ba yun?? may pagka eatb ang guitar....
panu si clay aiken??? badenger Z!

NOISEBOX said...

Luke Haines? He used to front The Auteurs if we're talking about the same person...

randybazooka said...

yup both of you are right on da manny!!! pano yung get to gets before pinas...si max yata sa march 11 ang alis