There are many bands I want to write about. Bands that I was interested back in the day and then never got around finding more information about them. So I was looking at one of them and stumbled upon a compilation called “I’m With Cupid – A Transatlantic POP Valentine”. I didn’t know about this CD comp from 2004. But I knew many of the bands there including big favourites like Action Biker, Would-Be-Goods or Free Loan Investments. So I played all the tracks.

There were a few that surprised me that I didn’t know at all. On top of it all I don’t have the CD so I don’t even know if there’s information about the bands on the booklet. So with the little tools available I was to try to find information.

The first band that I wanted to find out more was one called The Raindrops. They appear on the CD with a track called “Stone River” which is very nice. It has male and female vocals. And I can’t tell the accent. Is it British? American?

The name is not helpful either. Plenty of other bands have been called The Raindrops.

One thing I find is that the compilation is up online on the WIAIWYA Bandcamp. It must be a related release from Jerv. He must have put together early in 2004. There was even a new version of the CD that was sold in 2021 with a different sleeve, one made with recycled denim. I missed that one. The original label for this release was Waxfruit (WAMCD-01).

On Discogs it says that indeed the label’s parent was Where It’s At Is Where You Are. But that this Waxfruit label was a not-for-profit organization co-founded to support and create projects connecting indie music with other media arts and the community at large. Founded by brothers Joel Mellin and Jeff Mellin. They were based in the US. So it looks like they got a chance to release the CD thru WIAWYA in the UK.

All that’s interesting. But nothing online about the band. I would like to think that behind this band there are members of a more well-known band. But I am not sure of course, it is just a hunch.

Anyone would know anything else about The Raindrops and their song “Stone River”? If there are more recordings I’d love to listen!

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Listen
The Raindrops – Stone River