Kaleidoscope: Vinyl LP XTC Dali’s Picture a discarded song

Dali’s Picture a discarded song written in 1981

Don Grolnick

Hollie says “As a dual US/Canadian citizen who spent my childhood in a rural town one that I haven’t returned to in many years I have a sense of not entirely belonging anywhere

The First Days Of Spring

gets stronger with each listen

Kaleidoscope: Vinyl LP XTC Dali’s Picture a discarded songThe Banshees third studio album landed in summer 1980 and introduced two new members Budgie on drums and McGeoch on guitar. Kaleidoscope would give the group their first hit album peaking at No5 in the charts. Hits such as Happy House and Christine are atmospheric and dripping with sarcasm, the album swirls with synths and programmed drum loops for the first time. Remastered from the original tapes and cut at half speed at Abbey Road studios, London.