Ben Watt celebrates his birthday tomorrow, so what better time to spotlight the vital early work he and Tracey Thorn recorded for Cherry Red. Ben arrived at the label as a Hull University student in 1981, later making his cult classic debut North Marine Drive. Tracey’s formative years
Quintessential English group The Marine Girls formed in 1980 when Tracey Thorn and Gina Hartman met to produce lo-fi post-punk before expanding their sound with the addition of the Fox sisters Jane and Alice later that year. Although Tracey went on to bigger things with Everything But The Girl, the Marine Girls’ second album Lazy
Prior to co-forming Everything But The Girl, Tracey Thorn was in The Marine Girls, who made two albums' worth of charming, DIY indie pop, Beach Party (1981) and Lazy Ways (1983). Their lo-fi favourite 'A Place In The Sun' can be heard in the soundtrack
Still in the pipeline, The Caravan At The End Of The World is a short, romantic, coming-of-age drama (15 minutes) set around a caravan site in the early 1980’s. The period soundtrack boasts the DIY acoustic beauty of 'Leave Me With The Boy' by The