Thousand Yard stare - Live Bootleg EP

I don't often post up singles and EP's but il make an exception here.... This was a 10" 'bootleg' EP by Thousand Yard Stare,Recorded at London's ULU it given away free with the LP Hands On. Never quite understood how it was classed as a bootleg given it was an official release but hey its a treat as live the band were fantastic...  

Anyway lets get to the point

You think Blur invented britpop...... you are wrong my friends. Thousand Yard Stare were forerunners of the britpop scene by at least 3 years.... TYS as im going to call them were lumped in with the shoe gaze scene primarily because they came from the Thames Valley and supported bands such as Ride and Chapterhouse however listen to the debut album Hands On and see where the band were heading... its pure pop heaven strewn with English references, if they had come along 4 years later and drank in the good mixer its a fair bet you would have heard more than 2 albums. As mentioned earlier live the band were amazing so enjoy this, I still do and Buttermouth remains one of my all time top 10 singles.

Twice Times

Village End

Three Doors Down

Buttermouth

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Thousand Yard Stare - Hands On

I was at something called ( rather grandly ) the Slough Music Festival in 1991..... what i hear you cry? It was a one day event full of Thames Valley shoegazers and indie kids..... It was summer maybe the month before Reading Festival i think and hot...so pretty good fun actually... 

Ride headlined the main stage, with Curve, Slowdive, Revolver, Soul Family Sensation, The Mock Turtles and Thousand Yard Stare also on the bill. T.Y.S. stole the show and i went on to become a bit of a fan following them about on tour supporting Carter USM, James and headlining with support from Sp!n who went on to become half of Gene..... oh Gene...more on you later

Hands On was released early 1992 and i played my copy to near death.... it actually stands the test of time pretty well too....

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