the bevis frond

"In line with the great support Le Village Pop provides musicians with who put their heart and soul into the music but do not receive adequate recognition, Campfire Light dug deep into old and new releases to offer you an hour of quiet, reflective, warming and light-filled music from all over the world."

 

GOLD LEAVES "Won't You Tell Your Dreams"

Light In The Attic & Friends, Light In The Attic, 2023

STEVE GUNN & BRIDGET ST. JOHN "Rabbit Hills"

Light In The Attic & Friends, Light In The Attic, 2023

DEAN MC PHEE "Caddo Lake"

Imaginational Anthem Vol. XII: I Thought I Told You - A Yorkshire Tribute To Michael Chapman, Tompkins Square Records, 2023

MAGON "Dream Recall"

Chasing Dreams, December Square, 2023

GOOD GOOD BLOOD "The Taming Of The Heron"

If No One Else Cares, Why Should I Care?, Fox Food Records, 2023

PETE ASTOR "Model Village"

7", Tapete, 2024

GRUFF RHYS "Sadness Sets Me Free"

Sadness Sets Me Free, Rough Trade, 2023

THE BEVIS FROND "Brocadine"

7", Fire Records, 2024

MICHAEL NAU "Long Distrance Driver"

Accompany, Karma Chief Records, 2023

DANIEL MC GEEVER "St. Johns"

SpiralsPretty, Olivia Records, 2023

FIONA SOE PAING "Bonny Udny"

Sand, Silt, Flint, Colliderscope, 2022

SETTING "Zoetropics"

Shone A Rainbow Light On, Paradise Of Bachelors, 2023

If you are unfamiliar with British rock band The Bevis Frond and its founder, singer/multi-instrumentalist Nick Saloman, you have some serious catching up to do. Releasing glorious pop/punk/psyche records at a feverish pace since the late 80s, they could quite possibly be England's best kept indie-rock secret. OG fan and Chicago resident Mick Hans brings us their latest release, 2021's 'Little Eden', a psychedelically-hewn panoramic take on brutalism Britain punctuated with pure pop melodies and beautifully-observed English melancholy. 

Songs featured in this episode: He'd Be A Diamond - Juliana Hatfield Three/Teenage Fanclub/Mary Lou Lord; Born In Chicago - Pixies; Splendid Isolation - The Bevis Frond; Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys; He'd Be A Diamond - Teenage Fanclub; Raisans - Dinosaur Jr; Fortune Teller - Sugar; Everyone Rise, You Owe Me, They Will Return, Find The Mole - The Bevis Frond; The Great Rock-n-Roll Swindle - The Sex Pistols w/Edward Tudor-Pole; Do Without Me, The Man In The Garden - The Bevis Frond; Autumn Almanac - The Kinks; As I Lay Down To Die, Cherry Gardens, There's Always Love, Little Eden, Here Come The Flies - The Bevis Frond; Youth Of America - The Wipers; Pasted All Over - The Bevis Frond; Lights Are Changing - Mary Lou Lord; My Own Hollywood, Dreams Of Flying - The Bevis Frond