The Wild Flowers "Sometime Soon" 1988

Post-Punk/ Indie rock band from Wolverhampton, England. Formed in 1983. Split in 1997. - discogsLike Del Amitri, Wolverhampton’s Wild Flowers became tired of a disinterested UK pop scene and looked to America for inspiration and appreciation. After two singles, ‘Melt Like Ice’ and ‘Things Have Changed’, and an album, The Joy Of It All, on Reflex in 1984, the fledgling outfit were dealt a blow when original guitarist Dave Newton left to form the Mighty Lemon Drops. The remaining members, Neal Cook (guitar, vocals), Mark Alexander (bass) and Dave Fisher (drums), eventually found a replacement in Dave Atherton, and the band duly signed to aspiring local label Chapter 22. They broke their two-year silence in 1986 with ‘It Ain’t So Easy’, followed later that year by ‘A Kind Of Kingdom’. Both singles were then coupled on a mini-album, Dust, primarily aimed at introducing the Wild Flowers to the US market which was more sympathetic to their New York-influenced rock sound. The band became the first British act to sign with Slash in the USA, releasing Sometime Soon in 1988, preceded by ‘Broken Chains’ and ‘Take Me For A Ride’ in the UK. The band’s Tales Like These was recorded in the inspirational surroundings of California, by which time a new drummer, Simon Atkins, had been found. The album made little headway in the UK (where Slash is handled by London Records) and the group concentrated more on performing in the USA. - spotify

trax:
01 Take Me for a Ride 02 Broken Chains 03 Apple Creek 04 The Welcome Son 05 That Ain't True 06 Head of Nothing 07 Set Me Alight 08 Don't Know Where I'm Going 09 Is This the Place 10 Melon Patch 11 Last Train to Nowhere 12 Nothing to Gain 13 Dawn Parade