The Darling Buds is an indie pop group from Newport, South Wales. Since forming in 1986, Andrea Lewis-Jarvis has steered the good ship Bud through a glitter cannon of sparkling guitar pop songs over their three LPs (Pop Said, Crawdaddy and Erotica) and 2017's Evergreen EP (on Odd Box Records). Andrea, Dave, Matt, Erik and Paul will do their very best to continue to play joyful gigs and promise to release that difficult fourth album very soon (we have a title and everything).
When GIITTV’s Bill Cummings tweeted a request to hear more female voices on his compilation of R.E.M. tributes, we were delighted to offer our reading of Out of Time’s Low, fulfilling Dave’s dream. I don’t mean Dave had long aspired to cover Low, he actually dreamt we had. So we sort of felt obliged.
We are very happy to help celebrate 40 years of R.E.M. and their astonishing back catalogue and even more happy that profits from the album will go to Help Musicians.
It’s pure Paisley Pop bliss on this vinyl reissue of a lost ’80s college rock cult classic, with jangly guitars and plaintive melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 16, 2023
This long-out-of-print ’80s jangle-pop cult classic returns on 180g transparent green vinyl, its bright hooks still irresistible. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 10, 2020
Jo Bevan is one of the best singers in modern rock. The band is tight and talented and does some nifty post-punky style stuff. This album has some exceptional songs on it. rick-taylor