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EPIC ALBUM COVER #396

Guedeon Della - Doggy Language

Released: 1994 (Elefant)

<3 Big jacket update <3

After months of figuring out what to make my back patch I realised the perfect inspo was Heavenly’s “riot twee” shirt design! It felt very me (although I did take some creative liberties with the colours)

I’m insanely proud of this! It came out so clean and accurate to the original design and I didn’t even use a stencil for it! Also the lace detail around the edge turned out beautiful too. I’ve only been making patches/DIY properly for a year now but I’ve seen myself improve so quickly and I’m glad this is a representation of how that has culminated.

Until another big idea strikes again I might leave the jacket alone for a little while and focus on some pants I’ve started which has no particular theme - it’ll just be more music I like of multiple styles jumbled together.

Touch Girl Apple Blossom luxuriates in radiant jangle, the band’s two guitarists — Olivia Garner (who also sings) and John Morales — joining in sunshine soaked spirals of pop-rock sound. “Sunshine Reminds Me Of,” an early single, beckons from the first warm day of the season. The sound is well in line with the jangle-pop of Sharp Pins, the happy-into-sad glow of the Cords, and the lo-fi tunefulness of Good Flying Birds, a band that they’ll be touring with this summer.

This is an updated version of the zine Mike published in 2024 with 8 extra pages (including a new review and extra photos).

It starts with a review of seeing the band in November of 1996 (lucky bastard!) by accident on his trip to London. Before he left the States, a friend told him to go check out "this new Scottish band." He did and the rest is history. 

Like me (I've seen B & S 9 times in 5 different states), Mike has traveled all over to see Stuart Murdoch and the gang and writes about it quite eloquently.

It includes reviews of the shows, set lists, and photos. B & S fans really need this one, and I'd call it a steal at $5!

www.silentcommandzine.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:

you made me realise • slow • thorn • cigarette in your bed • drive it all over me

2/17/26.

Texas Two are an Bogor, Indonesia band who have described themselves as "inspired by acts like Free Loan Investments, 14 Iced Bears, Henry's Dress, The Tall Dwarfs". At times I've been overwhelmed by the nascent Indonesian pop scene. That, coupled with the fact that many of the bands don't physically release a lot of their music means that much of this scene hasn't really been covered here.

Thanks to Japanese label galaxy train, "Chronovisor" is getting a cassette release. This is an eight-track whirlwind release for which the Bandcamp page states of Texas Two: "If you dig into C86 movement you might be like their outputs. they played some minimalist DIY pop music with some fuzzy guitar like Shop Assistants, Henry's Dress, Bubblegum Splash, The Vaselines, Aggi, Sex Sux and etc."