Passionfruit Pastels

At the turn of the eighties the real new romantics weren't to be found in the hair-gelified poodle parade that was the vapid London scene but in the modernistic uniformity of the concrete towns of the Midlands. The sublime (Eyeless In Gaza, Bron Area) rubbed shoulder-pads with the ridiculous (Component Erotica) and, most enigmatic of all, was In Embrace. Enigmatic would-be popstar Gary Knight teamed up with enigmatic artstar Cameron Lindo, and theirs was a whispering, sweet, mysterious sound, the warble of Casiotones in Coventry Cathedral. You could tell that these young men walked hand in hand with their girlfriends in the ruins at midnight, and even if that wasn't true it might as well have been. This inventive duo could sound vaster than a full on band, their unorthodox instrumental versatility gave them a beautiful sonic palette, and their surprisingly erotically charged lyrics gave evidence that nice boys DID. Found By Glass Records, exhumed from the ashes of Leicester's Three Way Dance and let loose in a recording Studio with John A Rivers, producer of Felt, Eyeless In Gaza and The Special AKA, the re-christened In Embrace recorded firstly the mini LP "The Initial Caress", then swiftly followed by "Passionfruit Pastels", the first LP recorded for Glass Records (the 3 LP's before it were compilations of one sort or another, or cassette only releases) so it's fitting that it should be the first release on the resurrected Glass Redux label. Hey, everyone else from the 80's and 90's has re-formed, so we might as well join the party, visit some old friends, and maybe make some new ones.