How does it feel? Listen to the compilation…
Twenty years on from the seminal C86 compilation, London's premier indiepop club night, How Does It Feel To Be Loved?, has announced the release of its debut compilation, entitled 'The Kids At The Club', on September 4th.
With a reputation for being the indie aficionado's favourite night out, How
Does It Feel To Be Loved? (often referred to as HDIF) has been at the heart of the UK¹s indiepop scene for the last four years. Guest DJs at the bi-monthly club have included Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Bob Stanley (St Etienne), Stephen Street (Smiths/Blur producer), David Gedge (Wedding Present), and members of Camera Obscura, Television Personalities, Hefner, The Primitives, and many more.
HDIF has also been invited overseas several times, staging nights in
Stockholm, Copenhagen, Malmo and Valencia, as well as UK nights in Glasgow, Oxford, Nottingham and the Isle Of Man.
Springing from HDIF's live music nights at the Windmill in Brixton, 'The
Kids At The Club' is as much a litmus test of the state of indiepop in 2006 as C86 was in 1986. Sweden's burgeoning indiepop culture is represented by I'm From Barcelona (the cult 29 piece band who recently stole the show at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona with their Polyphonic Spree meets Hidden Cameras-style symphonic pop), Irene, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names and Salty Pirates. America offers Voxtrot and Saturday Looks Good To
Me ('Emotionally direct, three-minute symphonies that weave Motown with Felt, Phil Spector with Nick Drake' - Spin). The UK, meanwhile, throws in a host of superb new bands, from London's Lucky Soul ('Almost indecently fabulous' The Guardian) to Glasgow's Butcher Boy (imagine Tindersticks meet Morrissey).
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