Animals That Swim - The Greenhouse EP

ANIMALS THAT SWIM
The Greenhouse EP
1996 Elemental Records

Notes :
Animals That Swim are a musical group formed in 1989 in London, England by brothers Hugh Barker (guitar) and Hank Starrs (vocals and drums). Eventually, a third brother joined the line-up, Al Barker (guitar), along with Del Crabtree on trumpet. The group have had numerous bassists: Charlie Luciano (original line-up), Crabtree, Dave Harris, Lenie Mets, Anthony Coote and Terry De Castro.
Animals That Swim released their first single, "King Beer", in 1992 on their own Beachheads In Space label, but came to wider attention with their next two singles, "Roy" (which took the form of an imaginary conversation with the ghost of Roy Orbison) and the 50 Dresses EP. The group won critical acclaim for their mixture of "slice of life" lyrics and magic realism, and their distinctive use of the trumpet as a lead instrument.
The group have released three studio albums - Workshy (1994), I Was The King, I Really Was The King (1996) and Happiness From A Distant Star (2001) - plus a compilation album, Faded Glamour - The Best of Animals That Swim (2004).
 
''Greenhouse EP'' is single taken from "I Was The King, I Really Was The King" album, all three tracks are absolutely amazing.
Big thanks to Giorgio & Alessio from Italian web radio show Britannica, for introducing me with this great band.

01. The Greenhouse
02. Long City Road
03. They All Sailed Away

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BRITANNICA

BRITANNICA is name of the radio show from Italy, dedicated to madchester, britpop, shoegaze and dreampop bands. It's hosted by Giorgio Di Berardino & Alessio Cacciatore, you can tune in and listen great selection of tracks, every Sunday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Italian web radio RadiostART.
Link here: www.radiostart.it
If you want to listen older shows of Britannica, there are 82 at the moment, check their podcasts archive, link here


BRITANNICA is also name of beautiful book written by Alessio & Giorgio where you can find everything about britpop, madchester, shoegaze and indie scene from 90's period.
It's amazing how they covered almost every interesting band from that period with short biography & discography.
Huge thanks to Giorgio Di Berardino for sending me copy of the book.