That this is an audibly different band to the pastoral expeditionaries of the group’s previous releases is almost entirely down to the departure of Nick Duffy and the arrival of Sagat Guirey. Suddenly, accordions, banjos and mandolins are out; jazz guitar is in. Sagat’s filigree work on the outro of ‘A Taste for Honey’ acts as a sublime parting shot to a lyric which acts as a wiser, wistful companion piece to Stephen’s 1985 solo hit ‘Kiss Me’, something tantamount to the camera retreating to reveal the years elapsed between the time depicted and the present day.
TRACK LISTING
LP Tracklist:
1. In Iverna Gardens
2. Hats Off Here Comes The Girl
3. Fortunes
4. A Taste For Honey
5. Grey Skies And Work Things
6. Finistère
7. Dreaming
8. The Whisper Of Your Mind
9. The Darkness Of Her Eyes
10. Sunshines Daughter
11. North Kensington
12. Madresfield
3LP/3CD Tracklist:
1. In Iverna Gardens
2. Hats Off Here Comes The Girl
3. Fortunes
4. A Taste For Honey
5. Grey Skies And Work Things
6. Finistère
7. Dreaming
8. The Whisper Of Your Mind
9. The Darkness Of Her Eyes
10. Sunshines Daughter
11. North Kensington
12. Madresfield
13. Astronauts Meditation
14. Writing Dreaming
15. We Came From Anywhere
16. She Is All Colour
17. Writing Finistére
18. This Immortal Promise
19. In Iverna Dreaming
20. Hat’s Off #1
21. Writing The Whisper
22. You Come By
23. North Kensington Idea
24. Madresfield Demo
25. Fields (Sunday 28th October 1990 Derby College Of Higher Education)
26. The Road To Happiness (Thursday 16th May 1991 London, Underworld)
27. Black Velvet (Underworld)
28. Julie Christie (Saturday 18th May 1991 Manchester University)
29. And On We Go (Derby)
30. Dreaming (Manchester)
31. Icing On The Cake (Derby)
32. Lost Girl In The Midnight Sun (Underworld)
33. If The Stars Shine Tonight (Manchester)