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The Train Set - Never California 

12/9/2015

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We'll end today's writing session by presenting this nice album by Manchester indie rockers The Train Set.  If you don't know this band, like I actually didn't, I'll give you a little introduction.  While I was roaming metal festivals in the eighties I completely missed the Manchester indie scene and its bands like Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays and The Train Set.  It wasn't until much later, when I rediscovered new wave, that I started appreciating the sound of Teardrop Explodes, Echo and The Bunnymen and certainly The Cure.

This album is actually a compilation of previously unreleased tracks and their singles.  What it shows to me, is a band that unfortunately got behind and forgotten due the succes of several other bands, including The Smiths which who they share a similar 'jangle' sound.  People who loved this kind of music, often turned towards The Smiths and people who hated The Smiths turned away from the genre completely.  Personally, I can see the tragedy in that, especially since the songs on 'Never California' are great.

Some of them are even more than great.  Opener 'Hold On' reminds me a lot of The Cure, a band that I've come to admire.  'Untouchable' has a stunning shoegaze feel to it and ' All Blown Over (The Recall)' once again shows a darker, immersive sound.  'Harped On' seems to dig into old English folk, bringing back images of The Dexy's Midnight Runners' in an episode of The Young Ones.  Coincidental, I started watching those series again only a couple of days ago.

What this album shows mostly, is the musical testament of a band that faded away too soon.  So in a way it's nice to dig these things up once in a while and see who inspired so many bands these days.  In that aspect, I can truly recommend this album to fans of the new wave of indie rock and of course to those people who are nostalgic for those days.  


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