This past Wednesday, Paisley Underground veterans Rain Parade were both mentioned in dispatches over at Across the Kitchen Table and had a couple of their tunes featured at For the Sake of the Song. I was fortunate enough to see the band a handful of times during their mid-80s heyday, including their first ever UK show at Dingwalls in London. The highlight that night, as most nights, was this woozy epic.
Rain Parade - No Easy Way Down
Love this. Not overly familiar with that much by The Rain Parade but like what I have heard
ReplyDeleteSadly never got the chance to see them live but I always liked what they made. Timeless music.
ReplyDeleteTop stuff Swede.
ReplyDeleteAh, good ole Dingwalls in Camden. Brings back memories.
ReplyDeleteOh, brilliant choice, what a vivid memory jogger of record shop days and psych revivals - I so loved that album, and that song in particular, just wish I could've seen them too!
ReplyDeleteRight in my wheelhouse, Swede. I fell hard for the entire Paisley Underground scene. I suspect your choice of song will help sell a couple of copies of Explosions In The Glass Palace.
ReplyDeleteNot familiar with the Paisley Underground movement, I'm intrigued, and will look into the associated artists. Psychedelic/jangle pop is an interesting mix.
ReplyDeleteThe Rain Parade album with the budgies on the cover, I forget the name, was a constant in second hand record shops in the late 80s/early 90s. They must have produced vast quantities of it.
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