Groove Farm

Bristol-based indie popsters the Groove Farm emerged within the C-86 movement, serving up shambling guitar with ‘60s undertones. The music group created in 1986, made up of vocalist/guitarist Andrew Jarrett, guitarist Jon Kent, bassist Rupert Taylor, and drummer Jez Butler. Founding their very own label, Raving Pop Blast!, the Groove Plantation released a small number of 7″s and 12″ EPs along with the full-length Plug (THE STORYPLOT of Pop UP TO NOW) between 1987 and 1990. Also authorized using the Subway Company label, the quartet released the Alvin Is usually King! LP plus a variety of vinyl fabric releases, but innovative differences and monetary strains led them back again around the D.We.Y. monitor. Gaining followers like Clare Wadd (who later on co-found Sarah Information) and radio character John Peel off, the Groove Plantation were covered thoroughly within the English fanzine press, making use of their track “Baby Blue Sea” issued like a flexi-disc for Kvatch. Following a breakup from the music group, Jarrett created Beatnik Filmstars — became a member of in the first many years of the music group by Kent and Butler — while Taylor continued to execute with Girlboy Lady. In 2000, Mobstar provided the Groove Plantation anthology THE VERY BEST Parts, Vol. 1 and live Compact disc Totally Total, culminating within the foursome reuniting inside a one-off display for the label’s Pop Frenzy Weekend. A decade later on, remastered greatest-hits and rarities collection I UNDERSTAND It’s Just Indiepop…But I LOVE It arrived on Big Red Cake.