グラスゴーが世界に誇るギター・ポップ・バンド、パステルズの初期のレア音源等を集めた名コンピレーションが嬉しい再発。初期の代表曲である「Crawl Babies」や「Different Drum」、「Speeding Motorcycle」、「Speedway Star」、ジャド・フェアーとのコラボ「Darkside Of Your World」など、ペイパーハウスやグラス、Kといった複数のレーベルからリリースされたシングル曲に未発表曲を加えたギター・ポップ界の至宝とも言うべき作品。パステルズというバンドだけでなく、ギター・ポップ~アノラックの入門編としてもマストな一枚です。
P-VINE
発売・販売元 提供資料(2010/05/10)
ne of the founding bands of Scotland's fertile indie-rock scene, the Pastels took the DIY aesthetic of punk, and combined it with their love of 1960s pop, resulting in a naive, off-key sound that charmed some and left others scratching their heads. Like the Vaselines, the band, fronted by Stephen Pastel (born Stephen McRobbie), never appealed to more than a small, devoted following, but those discerning listeners were treated to wonderfully quirky indie-pop gems such as the jangly "Crawl Babies" and the wistful "Nothing to Be Done", both of which appear on this well-selected retrospective of the group's late-'80s/early-'90s incarnation. While the Pastels are often overlooked, their influence can be heard in better-known peers, such as Jesus & Mary Chain and Teenage Fanclub, and younger acolytes as well, most notably the Delgados and Belle & Sebastian.|
Rovi