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
First with indie trio The Marine Girls and then both as a solo artist and as one half of Everything But The Girl (for debut 45 'Night And Day'), Tracey Thorn spent the formative years of her fruitful career at Cherry Red. Her acclaimed solo LP A Distant Shore was
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
Nos Arcadies is a forthcoming French art-house film by celebrated director Arnaud Desplechin. Just recently screened at Cannes, this independently-produced period drama is set in the present day but laced with the key character's memories from the 80s and 90s. The soundtrack will include an