Private View

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I was thinking about the difficulties everyone is going through, and about the people that aren’t here any more. And the explanation offers a further fascinating insight into the “Everything Is Connected” school of Neil Arthur lyric-writing.

Happy showers come and go / Migrating birds have my view / Have a pleasant trip…’ I’m sorry about this, it’s very embarrassing. The references in that song are about painting a picture, and one of those references is Donald Campbell. Like to make my life look super cool and exciting online, but usually found at home, with my dogs, sipping wine and listening to Nicki French!

So, back in the early 1980s, was it London that helped transform the experimental Blancmange into a bona fide pop machine? Blancmange has always utilized guitar in its electronic sound, but since Commercial Break, Arthur has not been afraid to bring the guitar front and centre. It was great to play there, but I was looking around thinking ‘For some reason, I’m not enjoying this.

Arthur pretty much does everything on Private View, again assisted by Benge, also appearing is David Rhodes on guitar giving the two opening tracks What’s Your Name and Some Times These a distinctly harder edge. years and 16 albums later, Blancmange have re-signed to London Records with the captivating and inspired Private View, melding futuristic electronics, Neil Arthur’s unmistakable vocal hooks, and songs spanning buoyant and joyful to dark and brooding. THE SMILE WALL OF EYES XL RECORDINGS 2022 was a breakthrough year for The Smile, the latest project from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, where the trio released its impressive debut studio [.Opener What’s Your Name introduces a future-facing electronic soundscape, backed by marching drums as the song title repeats over the chorus, before segueing into lead single Some Times These, with a fusion of guitar and synthesiser that could have been lifted directly from the early 1980s. She borrowed her mum’s Mini Clubman and picked our gear up, dressed to the nines in this beautiful 1950s dress and high heels. Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe started experimenting with tape loops and kitchen utensils, before discovering electronics and developing into one of the definitive chart-topping British electronic pop acts of the 1980s. Written and recorded by vocalist and sole band member Neil Arthur, the record marks Blancmange’s 11th studio release in as many years and sees him collaborate with David Rhodes, who laces the tracks with guitar and washes of immersive synths.