Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Pump "Sombrero Fallout"

17 years later, Pump’s second CD, Sombrero Fallout, has just been released by the Belgian label, Plague Recordings. Pump was a group of sorts, comprising me and Andrew Cox. We met at univ 30 years ago, formed a group called MFH, released 5 cassette albums in the early 80s' heyday of cassette labels, changed our name to Pump, released an LP in 1987, recorded a follow-up which was supposed to come out in 1993 but for various boring reasons never quite happened, then we kind of fizzled out and tragically Andrew died last year. There’s more on Pump on Wikipedia and some memories of Andrew in my first blogpost here:

It’s great to see it out there, released by a guy with his heart in the right place. I think it stands up pretty well after all this time, and prefer it to the first Pump LP which was a bit all over the place (though it had its moments). People have said positive things about it; one track has just been described as “epic” which sounds alright to me! And my friend Wolfgang did a fine job on the sleeve.

Anyway, here comes the sales pitch... It can be ordered from Norman Records (UK) or direct from Plague Recordings (mainland Europe). Tell your friends!

2 comments:

  1. Hi David,

    I am back in Bangkok and Serenity Park. Just realizing the mess around us.

    Irena, Mia and Lukas stayed in Prague. Tonight I had a bit more time then copied Sombrero Fallout on the family computer. I found your blog while image-googling for the CD cover.
    Your blog is great and the music is amazing. I really like it so far (right now at track 6 Apolinaire enamelled), most particularly the heartbeating rhythms and the wide sound spectrum used.
    Enjoy your trip in Singapore and hope to see you around upon your return.

    Xavier

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