Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Dutch - This Is Welfare 5" (1983)


One of the most underrated and underappreciated new wave bands (from Holland) of the 80's. Their influences ranged from Magazine and Japan to Joe Jackson and Peter Hammill but they gradually managed to create their own unique sound. A subtle mixture of spidery guitars, lush saxophones, and elastic (fretless) bass. Their 1983 debut single "This Is Welfare" gave the band quite a lot of airplay on the main radiostations in Holland and also reached no. 25 in the charts. I am sharing 4 out of 12 songs from this cd. If you like what you hear, you can buy their cd at Redsunrecords.

The Dutch

This Is Welfare
(The End) Of Ideology
The Good Earth
In My Head

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