viernes, 5 de noviembre de 2021

Lori & The Chameleons – The Lonely Spy [7''] (1980, Korova)

Lori and the Chameleons are just so incredibly frustrating. A band with a wonderfully distinct and full blooded sound but whose entire output consist of a microscopic 4 songs. All of them very good, mind, but they're still just four songs. This most shortlived of bands was comprised by Lori, who apparently dropped off the map after releasing a couple of singles, the notorious Bill Drummond, later of The KLF and dozens of other head-scratching projects most will likely already be acquainted with and David Balfe, soon to become the keyboardist for The Teardrop Explodes and Julian Cope's close friend/nemesis.  
 
Drummond and Balfe dubbed themselves the Chameleons and, inviting Lori along, wrote these exotic, widescreen travelogues in song format. Their debut single went head over heels for Japan, the outstanding B-side to this one goes to Peru. It bears repeating how much of a travesty it was that a band like this was only a blip in the radar for a milisecond, an experience abandoned as quickly as it was picked up, still, they gave us 'The Lonely Spy', as musically rich, evocative, mysterious and intoxicating as new wave could ever hope to become. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

  

Label: Korova – KOW 5 
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo 
Country: UK 
Released: 1980 
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave, Dream Pop, Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
 
Tracklist:
A The Lonely Spy 
B Peru 
 
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