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Photo: Karl Lang

Discography:

Singles:

  • Talk To Me Decoy
  • Mouth Vinyl Solution

 

 

Talk To Me - Sounding like The Parachute Men colliding with Ride, The Bollweevils are quite a revelation. Charged to bursting point, the four tracks on this EP spill Sarah Griffith's rich vocals over fractious, full tilt guitar fuzz. The juxtaposition of perfect pop voice with gleeful rawk bliss out is a finely balanced one, but it works by lulling you into a false sense of security and then blowing your ears off (with a shotgun?-Ed). Only 'It Cheers Me Considerably' is trite and whimsical, the rest are black bullets in a sherbet bag. CATHI UNSWORTH Sounds, April 14th, 1990
The Bollweevils deal with fizzy burblings and demure deception: a Sheffield foursome with simplistic overtones disguising a crafty undercarriage, theirs is a boisterous bag chock-full with adroit tunefulness. Singer Sarah toys with her fulsome follicles and an unrepentant voice, more sassy than classy, leads the boys a distortive dance across pop's grave. 'Turn Your Head' turns heads with acoustic wah-wah. 'Out Of Time' is ribald and hairy, kind of All About Buds with deliciously scatty blonde intrusions, while 'Talk To Me' sees Sarah's larynx lacerate a bloated guitar. Quite right, too. Recalcitrant with reckless promise.
Live: London School of Economics. SIMON WILLIAMS NME, May 19th, 1990

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Band Members:

Sarah Griffiths - vocals

Mark Johnson - guitar

Pete Darnborough - drums

Chris Coyle - drums

Dave Lloyd - guitar

Steve - bass