Fadeawayradiate Records Compilations are back!
Due to Bandcamp’s new regulations and the Epic shift and the Google troubles, our label page was completely gone for a while. We started again …
Tag: 80’s
Under the Bridge
They say you can never go back and, perhaps even more tellingly, that the past is a different country where they do things differently. Certainly …
Cruise Control: A Yacht Rock Cover Comp
Our very own label has recently released our 5th comp to date. The musical genre we have chosen to cover this time is Yacht Rock: …
Tenant From Zero – The End Away
I introduced both Tenant From Zero (Tenant from Zero: single, EP and interview) and The Loch Ness Mouse (The Loch Ness Mouse S/T) on this blog …
Treatment – Solitary
Brooklyn’s 80’s sophistipop/dreampop project Treatment announce “Solitary” as the first single to the album “Pond Life” which will be coming out October 18th on Joe …
Gary Daly – I Work Alone
It is no big secret I am a huge China Crisis fan, always was, always will be. There are already two articles on this blog …
Softer Still – Nuances
Surrey’s purveyors of gentle blissed out indie pop, Softer Still have been teasing us with singles and EPs the last couple of years, but this …
Softer Still – Turtle Bay video/single
Softer Still are fam to Fadeawayradiate by now! Grant Williams, his girlfriend Ellie O’Shea and chums had quite a few features on here and also …
Chromatics – Black Walls
On May 16th, Portland-based four piece Chromatics (Ruth Radelet, Johnny Jewel, Adam Miller & Nat Walker), share their new track/ video “Black Walls” and confirm …
Candy Opera – Sophistipop Gem Unearthed
At the start of the year somebody posted a track of Candy Opera in the Sophistipop Lounge, which went almost completely unnoticed but not entirely. …
I Remember That!: 12 Sophistipop tunes quoted out of context…
Somewhere in May I sent a nice little cover of Oh Patti by Scritti Politti to a friend who said: “So… a Scritti-tribute album curated …
China Crisis – Saint Saviour Square: the elusive video….
In 1989, the China Crisis single “Saint Saviour Square” was released on Virgin Records from the album “Diary of a Hollow Horse“: their 5th studio …
Tenant from Zero: single, EP and interview
I think every Sophistipop lover would be over the moon to hear a combination of Prefab Sprout and The Aluminum Group with the vocals of …
The Holiday Crowd – S/T
If ever there’s music that I consider to be timeless and will never bore me, it’s the music of my favourite guitarist Johnny Marr, and …
Germans – Live in Amsterdam Bitterzoet 28-01-2017
Germans supporting The Radio Dept.- Amsterdam -28-01-2017 Set list: 1. Dead Bird 2. Hideaway (new track) 3. Cruel 4. Delusions (new track) 5. Anne + …
Drab Majesty – The Demonstration
Stark, beautiful, and poignant; the much-anticipated release from Los Angeles two-piece Drab Majesty has finally been released. With the singles “39 by Design”, “Cold Souls” …
Softer Still EP
I came across Softer Still whilst searching for new UK based dreampop acts, because of some event that might take place in the future. No, I’m …
Ablebody – Adult Contemporaries
Ablebody – Adult Contemporaries review and interview Release date October 14 Lolipop Records One thing is certain: the Depreciation Guild played a huge part in …
China Crisis: the Joy and the Spark Reignited
Live review, interview with Gary Daly, and review of “Autumn in the Neighbourhood “ As much as I enjoy listening to old 80’s bands sometimes and …
Sophistipop Then and Now…
According to wiki, the term: “Sophisti-pop was a subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK. It incorporates elements of jazz, …