Novak/Pram

[Kim Harrison-Lavoie]

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:42:00 +0100 Clare Woodmansey 
<cwoodmansey@...> wrote:

> From: "Clare Woodmansey" <cwoodmansey@...>
> 
> > From: "Kevin Culhane" <culhanee@...>
> 

> > Also I heard a bit of a track recently by a band called 
> Pram, also I > believe from Birmingham. It seemed pretty 
> good. The band name > sounds familiar but it may be that I 
> have them mixed up with Tram.
> 
> pram have been going for ages (a number of albums on Too 
> Pure, and singles etc on various labels) - they are seen as 
> the elder statesmen of the Brum scene, even though most of 
> the other (better) Birmingham bands are of similar age. 
> There's no danger of getting them mixed up with Tram, 
> Pram sound pretty cooky - somewhat unusual instruments, 
> crap singing etc.

I was never too impressed by seeing Pram live or the few 
recordings I'd heard by them but I think their new ep is 
great, in particular the "Space Siren" track which is 
rather wonderful IMO. It doesn't have any vocals - maybe 
that's why it is so good?

Kim
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