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Marine Girls


Country of origin:

England

Type of music generally:

Minimalist alternative pop

Status:

Band is long broken up

See also:

Wikipedia's Marine Girls entry

The Ectophiles' Guide's entries for Tracey Thorn and her band Everything But The Girl

Comparisons:

Raincoats, Young Marble Giants, and there's a touch of Stereolab's 60s style in the vocals.

Covers/own material:

Own

General comments:

Don't forget that Tracey's first band was Marine Girls who have at least one CD out now with 2 albums on it. Pretty good stuff, I think at least. Check it out. (mjmjminla@yahoo.com)

very low-fi DIY stuff, kinda fun, you can listen to it, and then listen to stuff being released now on K records and think, good lord, nothing has changed in the past 15 years. (iflin@speakeasy.net)

I don't much care for it. (jjhanson@att.net

Recommended first album:

Lazy Ways/Beach Party

Recordings:


Lazy Ways/Beach Party

Release info:

Originally released separately in 1981 and 1983; compilation: 1999—Cherry Red—44, 2001—Cooking Vinyl

Availability:

Wide

Ecto priority:

Recommended for Tracey Thorn fans

Group members:

Alice Fox—percussion, vocals
Jane Fox—bass
Tracey Thorn—guitar, vocals

Produced by:

Stuart Moxham (Young Marble Giants)

Comments:

See general comments above.

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