Well here we are in Scotland yet again - Glasgow really was a hive of jangly activity in the 80s and 90s. I have a huge soft spot for Adventures in Stereo despite only having one of their singles on 7" - there's more on split singles and compilations dotted around my collection. I like the way they meld the slightly shambolic lo-fi of the Glasgow Scene with the electronics and krautrock of Stereolab. This is quite an early one with the emphasis more on the Vaselines or Pastels-style naive-pop sound than electronics. I notice that it's on Creeping Bent - a label that seemed to specialise in cult bands or, to put it more cruelly, interesting musicians almost nobody liked.
This is the Peel session live version - short and sweet. I still like it - Adventures in Stereo and so many other bands on small labels came and went with little fanfare, but they're evocative of a more hopeful time: pre-War on Terror, pre-crash, pre-pandemic and heralding in 1997 the imminent overthrow of the Conservative Party for ever and the ushering in of a fairer world! OK, slightly naive, I grant you.
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