loveandmersey
Head for heads: five essential albums picked by Ian Harrison.
Weather report: Head on-stage with Shack at Glastonbury, 1999.
the pale fountains
★★★★
pacific street
(Virgin, 1984)
This first transmission is an abandoned, over-reaching confluence of minty fresh indie-pop, Latin cadences, trumpets, spy themes, rave-ups and ’60s urgency, finely balanced between the sophisto- and gauche. On earworms You’ll Start AWar and Abergele Next Time, Mick’s youthful voice belies his already striking abilities: a record full of hope.