Jimmy Jimmy

Jimmy Jimmy could have been taken into consideration a forgotten music group through the ’80s if anybody had actually known the group to begin with. A duo comprising vocalists/guitarists Adam O’Neill and Jimmy Kemp, Jimmy Jimmy debuted using the chirpiest of singles — the keyboard-laced jangle pop jewel “I Met Her in Paris” — in 1985. Similar to Herman’s Hermits as well as the Mindbenders, Jimmy Jimmy acquired enough Merseybeat attraction and United kingdom Invasion hooks to create listeners think that these were ’60s relics. Probably that’s the reason the group didn’t achieve mass approval, at least in the U.K. Obscure to many British isles and American music supporters, Jimmy Jimmy discovered an area between Aztec Surveillance camera as well as the Housemartins over the Philippines’ brand-new wave r / c, as “I Met Her in Paris” and, to a smaller degree, the wonderful ballad “Female” became staples from the format. Syrupy lyrics and boyish harmonies overflowed over the band’s just LP, Within the Light, released in 1986 on CBS in the U.K. Because the past due-’90s Internet explosion, Jimmy Jimmy provides acquired greater identification, as enthusiasts of rare brand-new influx and indie vinyl fabric have searched for the duo’s scarcely obtainable small discography.