BEATFOR105 - November Singles Weekender IV

Four-member group (Paul Breuer, Stuart Hilton, Mike Dodd and Jon Carricker) from south London Cottonmouth were a sneeringly great, scratchily perfect punk pop band gushing forth with terse, bitter-sweet melodies, mix a little of the Only Ones and coupled with a heavy dose of wry wit and verve. It's simple, back-to-basics, garage rock 'n' roll.After two singles (“Stand By Your Man” and “Shirts & Skins”), they were stolen from Fire by Atlantic Records, who thought they could turn them into another Fountains Of Wayne (a pity). What a sad ending.“Bespoke” was the English band's debut full-length released as Junior Cottonmouth, change the name change the substance, even these two singles were recording again for the radio friendly market without success.

Cottonmouth - Stand By Your Man / Can I Come Over? [7' Fire Records 1995]


Armed with jagged guitars and pounding drums, London, England's Five Thirty tried to puncture a hole in the dance-oriented U.K. music scene of the late '80s and early '90s. Formed by bassist Tara Milton and guitarist/vocalist Paul Bassett, but the masses were unmoved by the band's back-to-basics rock & roll, so Five Thirty split up in 1992. Milton started the Nubiles; and Bassett recorded with Orange Deluxe, formed in October 1992, stands proudly within the classic British Rock tradition, updated for the 1990’s. You’ll find traces of The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix amid a modern guitar frenzy that wouldn’t disgrace Sonic Youth.


Orange Deluxe - Delectable [7' Dead Dead Good 1995]


Orange Cake Mix is the nom de plume of Connecticut resident Jim Rao. A prolific singer/songwriter, Jim began scribbling lyrics and humming his own melodies as a child; in the early '90s, he started recording his compositions on cassettes. He thought of the name Orange Cake Mix while stocking shelves in a supermarket. In June 1995, Jim released his first album, More Mellow Hits. A collection of acoustic pop inspired by the '70s soft rock of Bread and America. He would eventually explore other genres of music, embracing the synthesized rhythms of Depeche Mode and New Order, as well as the otherworldly sonic landscapes of Brian Eno.

Orange Cake Mix - Rivers And Trees [7' The Bus Stop Label 1997]