20/03/15

The average man on the street that is well aware of the Edwyn Collins hit ‘A Girl Like You’ won’t even know that once upon a time he was part of one of Scotland's leading post-punk groups known as Orange Juice. Postcard Records vastly became one of the hottest indie label’s in Britain home to the likes of Josef K, Aztec Camera, and The Go-Betweens. ‘Simply Thrilled Honey’ released in 1980 is a pop-tastic gem displaying a unique guitar style along with essential b-side ‘Breakfast Time’, a truly amazing feast of music that went on to inspire groups such as Franz Ferdinand, whom always praised them in interviews! Later hits included ‘Felicity’ and ‘Rip It Up’, and their album ‘The Glasgow School’ is a masterpiece compilation that every home should own.

By Gavin Tate

Aztec Camera - 'We Could Send Letters' (1981)

This one comes off the far less famous NME C81 mixtape. Great song, and Roddy Frame's voice is so almost as dreamy as he is <3. The theme is also even more on point than it was then! Can't remember the last time I wrote a letter. 

High Land Hard Rain by Aztec Camera was/is a big record for me from back in the day and one of the reasons I wanted to write songs and make records.