The Darling Buds - crystal clear (Blond)

Another shot of 1990 indie, and again the Darling Buds were able to pull together all the things that were cool and current at the time to produce a very polished and satisfying single. State of the art commercial UK indie you could say but there is nothing wrong with that when its done well and this is.

It has good female vocals, soaring guitar riffs, a bit of electro-noise distortion and a bit (though it feels a bit half-hearted) of a funky indie beat. Sure win! Actually "Crystal clear" is a good song which much to enjoy, no doubt especially after a few beers down the SU bar... yeah we can easily enter nostalgia mode.

B-sides are not much to write home, you get the title track 3 times (7" mix, extended and a remix). The only other track is "Tripped up" which is fine, though a basic, indie thrash. A-side is good though and thats all that matters.