The TVP's were formed by London school friends Dan Treacy and Ed Ball in 1977. Inspired by the punk movement they went into the studio and cut their stunning debut '14th Floor' 7''. The follow-up 'Part Time Punks' 7'' was
a snide satire of shambolic amateurism with three chords & got played heavily by John Peel on his radio show. The band went on to release a number of singles, a compilation 'They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles' and two great LP's 'And Don't The Kids Just Love It' and 'Mummy You're Not Watching Me' before this seminal recording .
The Painted Word was recorded in 1982 but for various reasons its release got delayed for 18 months. The album travels into post punk psychedelia and it's easy to detect an influence from The Byrds, The Creation and The Velvet Underground. . There is a real sense that no record company had command over it, because it has way too much depth to merely lend itself to a broad strain of pop culture. In that sense, it is a very d-i-y punk album. TVP's sound was moving away from the ramshackle punk sound that was so evident on their early releases & moving into areas being explored by the Astronauts,Dukes of Stratosphere, Swell Maps, Cravats & the Only Ones.
The title track is a masterpiece which contains a great riff, freaky percussion and what sounds like a lovely out of tune trumpet. It even has a Byrdsian 12-string freak-out at the end.My personal favorite song on
The Painted Word, entitled "Bright Sunny Smiles" is a song also about growing old and cynical. How, at some short but cosmic time in youth there was a reason to wear bright sunny smiles.
Television Personalities -
The Painted Word
| 1. Stop And Smell The Roses |
| 2. Painted Word |
| 3. Life Of Her Own |
| 4. Bright Sunny Smiles |
| 5. Mentioned In Dispatches |
| 6. Sense Of Belonging |
| 7. Say You Won't Cry |
| 8. Someone To Share My Life With |
| 9. You'll Have To Scream Louder |
| 10. Happy All The Time |
| 11. Girl Who Had Everything |
| 12. Paradise Estate |
| 13. Back To Vietnam |
The TVP's were formed by London school friends Dan Treacy and Ed Ball in 1977. Inspired by the punk movement they went into the studio and cut their stunning debut '14th Floor' 7''. The follow-up 'Part Time Punks' 7'' was a snide satire of shambolic amateurism with three chords & got played heavily by John Peel on his radio show. The band went on to release a number of singles, a compilation 'They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles' and two great LP's 'And Don't The Kids Just Love It' and 'Mummy You're Not Watching Me' before this seminal recording .
The Painted Word was recorded in 1982 but for various reasons its release got delayed for 18 months. The album travels into post punk psychedelia and it's easy to detect an influence from The Byrds, The Creation and The Velvet Underground. . There is a real sense that no record company had command over it, because it has way too much depth to merely lend itself to a broad strain of pop culture. In that sense, it is a very d-i-y punk album. TVP's sound was moving away from the ramshackle punk sound that was so evident on their early releases & moving into areas being explored by the Astronauts,Dukes of Stratosphere, Swell Maps, Cravats & the Only Ones.
The title track is a masterpiece which contains a great riff, freaky percussion and what sounds like a lovely out of tune trumpet. It even has a Byrdsian 12-string freak-out at the end.My personal favorite song on The Painted Word, entitled "Bright Sunny Smiles" is a song also about growing old and cynical. How, at some short but cosmic time in youth there was a reason to wear bright sunny smiles.
Television Personalities - The Painted Word
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