Name: Still Bewitched
Brand: Look Blue Go Purple

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FN572CD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-07-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

942190363513

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Look Blue Go Purple 

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Flying Nun

Still Bewitched is a compilation of 1980s New Zealand band Look Blue Go Purple comprising their three EPs, Bewitched (1985), LBGPEP2 (1986) and This is This (1987), along with previously unreleased live tracks. Look Blue Go Purple were part of Flying Nun’s ‘second wave’ (along with Doublehappys, Straitjacket Fits and the Abel Tasmans). Formed in 1983, they honed their sound in a Dunedin practice room under a record shop, where they developed a distinctive style with layered vocal harmonies, keyboards (and even flute) over trademark Dunedin guitar strum and solid tribal beats. They released three EPs before calling it a day. Look Blue Go Purple comprised Canadian-born bass player, Kathy Bull (now Francisca Griffin) and keyboard player and vocalist, Norma O’Malley, who were both in the band Permanent Tourists with Martyn Bull (The Elevators, The Chills). Inspired by British bands such as The Slits and The Raincoats and wanting to play with other women, they drafted guitarists Denise Roughan and Kath Webster, and drummer Lesley Paris. Whilst the quintet certainly had the distinctive jangly, gently psychedelic, lo-fi Flying Nun sound, the combined vocals of Roughan, Webster and O'Malley found their own striking synthesis that made them stand out from other groups of the time. Whilst selecting the tracks and going through the archives, the band had some quite intense history to wade through. Despite being a big challenge, it was also a chance to reflect and reconnect with each other. It was ultimately a very positive experience as they shared in the nostalgia of listening closely to their songs again. With the wisdom of distance they, as a group, were able to appreciate the part their music had played in that particular time and place – especially considering the unusual arrangement of being an all-women band, which was such a rarity in New Zealand’s legendary Dunedin scene.

2LP+ - Limited Blue and Purple Vinyl.

Still Bewitched

Music GB