Hearts of Fire

Dreams of Leaving (1985) ...

Staying in Pop mode, but in a totally different dimension, Hearts of Fire were one of those hopeful 'jangly' bands from the UK mid-eighties, but they have a very definite edge that most did not ...there are far too many guitars on here, in a good way ...and Syn D'Cody's vocals are what makes it ...

You Promised Me A Camera ... 

  Seasons ...

“Mitch and Mike were school chums…Mitch didn’t know whether to play with his dinky or his fire engine. Mike asked Billy if he played guitar — after all, it was the hope & anchor…and he wore Roger McGuinn sunglasses. They were introduced to Syn at a Brixton rodeo. Even cowgirls sing the blues…They wrote songs in a house full of aardvarks. Mitch didn’t know whether to play with the band. They twisted his arm, but he could still play guitar. They needed a drummer — luckily there was a fresh delivery from Canada — A. F. Tolson was on it. An aardvark introduced them to the midnight rumbler. They made a record in Alaska with Dave. Here it is…” ...that's all she wrote ...