I’m still bummed by the no-qualification of Peru to the World Cup. The game against Australia was probably the worst we’ve played in so long. Australia did well, and they deserved to tie the game, take it to penalties and win it there. They did much better than anyone expected. But still, I am unable to digest this blow and my head and heart are not working properly. Anyhow, that’s football. And will have to watch the World Cup as a neutral, as it used to be before Gareca took over the team. We all had so much hope on this team for them to choke at the last game…

The Wendy Darlings: I wasn’t aware that the Clermont Ferrand faantastic pop band had released a digital record last March. Titled “The Insufferable Fatigues of Idleness” has 14 songs of upbeat popsongs! Fun and catchy, Suzy Bo’s vocals, this is a great record and you wonder why no a physical version of it. Lovely as always.

Poppurabu: Temuco, Chile. That’s where we go now to find a demo tape bby this obscure band. The tape has been uploaded as is, there are no tracks, just the one long track. The music is lo-fi pop punk, but can I call it twee punk?

The Sensitive: one of the best Indonesian bands is back with a digital single! That’s great news of course. “Mono Donkey” is the name of this new track that sounds great. It’s being released by the Let’s Kiss a Secret label from Jakarta.

Stella Star: now to Poland, to Cracow to be exact. Stella Star first release is a self-titled EP of 5 songs. Their music? We can described it as shoegaze and dreampop. It has a lot of punch. The songs are strong and well-produced. They sing in their native Polish so that gives it an extra I think. Nice discovery!

Jetzt!: There’s a new album coming out on Tapete Records by Jetzt!. It is titled “Können Lieder Freunde Sein?”. It came out just a few days ago and it is available on CD and vinyl. On Bandcamp you can preview 3 tracks out of 12, one of them being the superb “Hilf Dem Widerstand”.

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7 years ago John Henrywood from Coventry, UK, uploaded songs by his 1980s band Double Vision to Soundcloud.

The first track we find is “Like You Do” which was recorded in 1986 on a Tascam 388 (Studio 8). This song had been written by John and Steve Hawkins.

Then we find “It’s Always the Same“. It was recorded by Gary Watson at Perky Benson Studio. Again written by John and Steve.

The last song is called “Shadows“. Same details for the recording, but this one is credited just to Steve Hawkins.

So, by now it is safe to assume both John and Steve were in the band. Were there more members?

The only other Double Vision thing I found on this Soundcloud account is that in 2010 John and Steve reunited and revised the song “Shadows“. Recorded at John’s own JBHStudios, it is an interesting take on the original.

Then we find recordings by another band called Those Guilty Minutes. John was in this band and I feel that my next post should be about them! They sound good too!

What else could I find about this band?

I found that John  works as a test analyst. Also he was in a band called Spill in the late 80s, early 90s.

And that’s it. Not much to go on. But some nice tracks to share with you all.

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Listen
Double Vision – Like You Do