Pelican West - Haircut 100

Haircut 100 were built around the voice and songs of Nick Heyward and had a short time at the top in the early 80’s. Despite differences of outlook and opinion within the band, the first flush of success lent enchantment to the Haircuts’ view of life. On their debut single, Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl), a four-to-the-floor beat and scratchy rhythm guitar was augmented by peppy brass to provide an infectious slab of pop that more than nodded to the dancefloor. Heyward’s thin, mannered vocal was perhaps the weakest link, but his engaging grin and cheery, cherubic countenance played a major ... more

This was the sound of pop in 1982,fresh catchy and at the time very cool,not as sophisticated as the new romantic bands of the time (Duran Duran A.B.C. etc) but not as po faced as some either(Gary Numan,Ultravox),a breath of fresh air breezy tunes that caught the sun,this was their only album ,if you had it then buy it again with extra tracks ,including b-sides and twelve inch versions ,if your new to Haircut 100 or a curious eighties fan you could do a lot worse than Pelican West ,a comprehensive booklet gives a good history and the whole package is almost as accurate as the original L.P,so i ... more