from the 12” single, Red Rhino Records, 1984It’s incredible to me just how much sunglasses can actually hide, both literally & figuratively, but I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t a major fan of them (what does that say about me…); shit, as a guy it’s one of the few accessories we’re allowed, so you better fucking believe I have an army of them. There’s a lovely disconnect from reality which appears near automatically once the shades have been donned, and with the ‘80s retro craze still at full capacity, sunglasses continue to make our post-modern heads seem evermore hollow, like craters on the moon. Walking a genuinely deft line between goth & angular post-punk, Leeds-based crew Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (‘lorry’ being British nomenclature for trucks used in shipping) continues to sit high amidst my pile of band’s that deserve more love; no, there’s no new ground being broken or anything, but the way they managed to combine their influences produced a subtle vibe all their own: spooky, jangly, unfastened. This uptempo number falls somewhere between the Cult & early Sisters of Mercy, almost like it’s the catchiest tune neither band ever recorded.
