Jeremy,
Thanks for your response to my earlier post. Good to hear the boost positive feedback gives you and your blog.
You are quite correct in surmising that the Sarah Records roster was generally favourable to my ears, though not all of them. I was never a great fan of Amelia’s vocals, though I liked the more recent stuff she did as The Catenary Wires. As a Belfast resident sadly many bands still give us a swerve and I tend to reserve visits to Dublin and across the Irish Sea to those must-see acts.
The Sugargliders are one of the Sarah bands that I have explored as they morphed into The Steinbecks (well worth getting to know). They in turn led to the introduction to a number of Aussie Indie bands through exposure to the Popboomerang and Lost & Lonesome labels, including, most notably the wonderful Lucksmiths.
Your latest blog will probably encourage me to give the Cardiacs another go. They sort of passed me by in the their heyday and my interest was piqued by a relatively recent feature in Uncut so thanks for the prompt.
Good listening!
