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Cat: MW 078PINK. Rel: 21 Feb 22
Coldwave/Synth

Side 1 - Track 1. Cccan't You SeeSide 1 - Track 2. My Private TokyoSide 1 - Track 3. PromisesSide 1 - Track 4. 8:15 To NowhereSide 2 - Track 1. Why MeSide 2 - Track 2. My Man & MeSide 2 - Track 3. Baby It's Too LateSide 2 - Track 4. Blue (World Of Blue)Side 3 - Track 1. Why Me (demo)Side 3 - Track 2. 8:15 To Nowhere (demo)Side 3 - Track 3. Baby It's Too Late (demo)Side 3 - Track 4. Fetish (demo)Side 4 - Track 1. In The Swim (demo)Side 4 - Track 2. Ask Me To Stay (demo)Side 4 - Track 3. Face Hugger (21st Century '80s) (12" demo)Side 4 - Track 4. Eyes That Smile

Formed in Leeds, England, in 1981, Vicious Pink have at various points been described as 'provocative', 'sexualised', and 'catchy'. If you've never encountered the outfit before, then it's probably going to take about two seconds to realise how accurate those points are. Not least as West View opens with one of their most successful singles, the super-chartable, but subtly suggestive 'Cccan't You See'. Those who are familiar with their oeuvre will probably have picked up on the fact this LP isn't in their back catalogue. Instead, West View is a retrospective celebration of this often overlooked early British synth-pop group, collating early and rare demos, remastering and re-releasing. The result feels transportive, authentic, and - even if you're just imagining what that show at legendary Leeds venue The Warehouse would have been like, in support of Soft Cell - vivid.