Thousand Yard Stare

Called, somewhat perplexingly, following the vacant appear often connected with Vietnam veterans, 1000 Yard Stare certainly are a quintessentially British five-piece strap from Slough, Berkshire. The music group was created in November 1988 by close friends who knew one another from regular evenings at their regional location, Windsor’s Psykik Dance Hall. The music group was made up of Stephen Barnes (vocals), Dominic Bostock (drums), Sean McDonough (bass), Giles Duffy (acoustic guitar), and Kevin Moxon (tempo acoustic guitar). They released a four-track EP, Weatherwatching, independently Stifled Aardvark label, and offered it at gigs from November 1990 onwards. Another year noticed mounting music press curiosity and support slot machines with bands such as for example Carter USM, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Milltown Brothers, and Wayne. Towards the dominating shoegazing ethos, the bandmembers usually proved themselves extremely vibrant live exponents, if much less inspired as some of these headlining acts. Putting your signature on to Polydor Information for his or her debut recording, Barnes’ lyrics demonstrated the music group’s very best asset — dropping a little lacking the stature of XTC’s — while working in related neo-romantic British themes.