Goya Dress

An all-but-unearthed jewel from the Nude Information steady in the mid-’90s, the short-lived Scottish trio Goya Gown contains Astrid Williamson (acoustic guitar, vocals, piano), Terry de Castro (bass), and Simon Pearson (drums). The three EPs released before their lone LP in 1996 had been the calm prior to the storm supplied by the John Cale-produced Areas, among that year’s finest alternate pop releases. Almost no recognition from your British press no distribution beyond the U.K. remaining the music group hamstrung, but a little following created throughout their homeland and arbitrary nooks throughout the world, thanks to periodic live looks and person to person. Elegant plans with twisted delicacy, subtle-yet-striking lyricism, as well as the beautiful tone of voice of Williamson raised the music group above their press-supported, chart-topping peers of that time period. Internal tensions and label pressure on Williamson to visit solo resulted in the band’s disbandment before a follow-up arrived to fruition. Williamson ultimately went solo mainly because Astrid, while de Castro and Pearson became a member of up with David Gedge’s Cinerama.