Check My Heart - Musik

The Pastels Are An Independent Music Group From Glasgow Formed In 1981. The Group Consists Of Stephen McRobbie Vocals Guitar Katrina Mitchell Vocals Drum Kit Gerard Love Bass Guitar John Hogarty Guitar Tom Crossley Flute Keyboards And Alison Mitchell Trumpet . Their Early Records 1982–85 For Record Labels Such As Whaam! Creation Rough Trade And Glass Records Had A Raw And Immediate Sound Melodic And Amateur Which Seemed At Odds With The Time. But An Emerging Fanzine Culture Identified With The Group's Sound And Image And Slowly The Pastels Started To Influence A New Wave Of Groups Which Interested The NME And Other UK Media. The Pastels' Sound Continued To Evolve And Although Part Of The NME's C86 Compilation In Interviews They Always Sought To Distance Themselves From Both Twee And Shambling Developments. Their Debut Album Up For A Bit With The Pastels Glass 1987 Re-Issue Paperhouse 1991 Moved From Garage Pop-Punk Through To Ballads With Synth Orch Splashes. The Follow-Up Sittin' Pretty Chapter 22 1989 Was Harder But Less Eclectic. Reports Started To Appear In The UK Music Press That The Group Was Splitting Up. Eventually It Became Clear That A New Line-Up Was Configuring Around Original Members Stephen McRobbie And Annabel Wright Aggi Now Joined By Katrina Mitchell. This Line-Up Is Probably The Best Known Of The Pastels' Various Phases And Often Featured Either David Keegan Shop Assistants Or Gerard Love Teenage Fanclub On Guitar. They Signed With The Emerging Domino Records And Completed Two Albums Mobile Safari 1995 And Illumination 1997 Which Showed Them Developing An Odd Particular Sound - Melancholic And Awkward But Warm And Engaging. A Remix Set Featured My Bloody Valentine Jim O'Rourke And Others On The Album Illuminati 1998 . Their Next Release Is The Soundtrack To David Mackenzie's The Last Great Wilderness Geographic 2003 Which Made For Film Or Not Is One Of The Most Completely Realised Pastels Albums. It Featured A Track Recorded In Collaboration With Pulp's Jarvis Cocker. In 2006 The Pastels Developed And Completed New Music For A Theatre Production By Glasgow Based Company 12 Stars. In 2009 The Pastels In Collaboration With Tenniscoats From Tokyo Japan Released An Album Called Two Sunsets. The Pastels Featured On The Soundtrack For Film The Acid House 1998 . The Pastels Now Operate Their Own Geographic Music Label Through Domino And Are Partners In Glasgow's Monorail Music Shop. On 21 February 2013 The Band Announced It Would Release Its First Album Since Their 1997 Album Illumination Called Slow Summits. "Check My Heart" The First Single From Slow Summits Was Released Digitally On 8 April 2013. The Song Was Released Physically As A 7" Single On 29 April 2013 With The B-Side "Illuminum Song". Both Songs Were Available Digitally On 27 May Upon The Full Album's Release. read less