Various Artists - Come To My World (A Brief History of Indie Pop 1985-2023)

Two-Piers brings you Come to My World, a brief History and dive into the world of Indie Pop from its humble beginnings in the 1980s right up to the many amazing bands flying the flag today. For those that truly love Indie Pop, this underground music has been a constant source of joy for almost 40 years 

Indie Pop – how best to describe it? A kind of Anti-Club, an underground scene where people discuss 7” B-sides and handmade record sleeves, swap fanzines, share hand-written gig flyers and collect button badges of their favourite bands. Ridiculed at times by the music press in the early years and the uninformed calling it ‘cardigan wearing’, ‘twee’ or ‘bed wetting’ music, but to its fans it has almost cult-like status and its DIY attitude continues to shine. Go back to beginnings in the mid 1980s seeking out cool 7” singles in hand made sleeves, by bands with unusual names, taking them home and falling in love with this music and all these exciting new bands. Hanging out in tiny basement clubs like The Sunshine Playroom and The Apple Orchard in Brighton, and many other similar club nights around the country, with like-minded souls, watching these DIY bands just pick up some instruments and get out there playing live. Who needed the Music Press anyway? 

Fast forward to 2024 and there are still so many great bands coming through in the scene, such has indie Pop’s legacy stood the test of time, and when so many other press-driven ‘scenes’ have come and gone. This compilation just scratches at the surface, there is simply so much incredible music. From the 138-track starting point we couldn’t clear everything we wanted of course, but the final track listing we hope gives a beautiful glimpse into our world of Indie Pop. Is it perfect? Definitely not but what is perfection anyway? It’s a great starting point to go and discover this ever-evolving scene, so go digging and see what you can find but for now we invite you to Come to my World 

Come to My World starts at the beginning with cool bands like Talulah Gosh, The Flatmates, Blueboy, Primal Scream, McCarthy, 14 Iced Bears and The Springfields, releasing on trailblazing DIY labels such as Sarah Records, The Subway Organization and Creation. We go through the influential C86 cassette years, to the more commercial late 1980’s sounds of The Primitives, The Soup Dragons and The Darling Buds. Navigating through the 1990’s with the underrated brilliance of Heavenly, the flourishing Scottish scene including amongst others BMX Bandits and The Vaselines, plus Stateside the Indie Pop sounds of Velocity Girl and Blake Babies breaking through. Into the 2000’s and the US scene was producing brilliant bands in the shape of Dum Dum Girls and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, alongside from the side of the pond Underground bands like Joanna Gruesome, The Spook School and Veronica Falls. The compilation ends with a glimpse into the bright future of Indie Pop with the likes of The Goon Sax, The Lost Days and Ribbon Stage – Indie Pop Ain’t Noise Pollution! 

Tracklist:

A1) The Springfields - Are We Gonna Be Alright 

A2) Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh 

A3) Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave 

A4) The Flatmates - I Could Be in Heaven 

A5) Primal Scream - Velocity Girl 

A6) The Primitives - Way Behind Me 

A7) The Orchids – I’ve Got a Habit 

A8) Popguns - Waiting for The Winter 

A9) McCarthy - Should the Bible Be Banned 

B1) The Soup Dragons - Soft as Your Face 

B2) The Darling Buds – Burst 

B3) The Wedding Present – A Million Miles 

B4) 14 Iced Bears – Sure to See 

B5) The Wake - Crush the Flowers 

B6) Even as We Speak - Falling Down the Stairs 

B7) The Pooh Sticks - Indie Pop Ain't Noise Pollution 

B8) Brighter - Does Love Last Forever? 

C1) Heavenly - Over and Over 

C2) BMX Bandits - I Wanna Fall in Love 

C3) Blake Babies – Look Away  

C4) The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me for A Sunbeam 

C5) Velocity Girl – Sorry Again  

C6) Milky Wimpshake – Scrabble 

C7) Helen Love - We Love You 

C8) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction 

D1) Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl 

D2) Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen 

D3) Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still in Love with Me? 

D4) The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then 

D5) Allo Darlin' - My Heart is a Drummer 

D6) The Spook School - Speak When You're Spoken To 

D7) RIBBON STAGE – Playing Possum 

D8) The Lost Days - Mess You Made 

D9) The Goon Sax - Boyfriend