Martins's Session - Feb 2026
The February session we had in March. We looked at put-downs and zingers, and learnt aout the difference in lap steels, pedal steels and dobros.
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I was listening to these dudes along with Human League, Heaven 17, OMD and god help us all, China Crisis back in the post punk, new wave, serious band transition period!!
This has aged surprisingly well and despite sounding a bit “thin” (and there’s a few godawful electronic drum flurries) it’s remarkably catchy.
They were always the quirky end of serious and were followers rather than pioneers but most importantly, you could just listen to them without much investment.
One of my favourite records at the moment, and streaming on Tidal, is Blancmange’s “Unfinished Rooms” released just last week. Not a bad effort at all for these old knob twiddlers!
The February session we had in March. We looked at put-downs and zingers, and learnt aout the difference in lap steels, pedal steels and dobros.
commentsWe welcomed in the New Year with a slew of songs and a frozen yoghut treat, and commiserated with Chris on the loss of his cabbage tree and fridge.
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