The Party's Over
Party Day - Sorted! [OPT4.029 UK 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] If like me, you listened religiously to (and taped) Peel in those important years before 1986, then you may have come across Party Day. They were never invited to record a session, they were never courted by the majors, let alone the larger independent labels, so they went it alone releasing two singles and two fantastic albums on their own Party Day Records label before Richard Rouska released their Glasshouse single as the very first on his important Rouska label. Party Day came out of Barnsley, a dismal place back then, better known for its coal mining and post-Maggie deprivation than as a musical hotbed. Barnsley is in South Yorkshire and Party Day became in-bedded in the Yorkshire alternative indie-rock scene, especially live where they developed a good following. Mistakenly labelled as goth, Party Day took their lead from Killing Joke, Joy Division and pre-silliness The Cure, blending those influences into powerful...