Name: Cindy
Brand: Cindy

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TLV140LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r26603192]

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-04-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5055869549677

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Cindy

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Tough Love

Singer/songwriter and backup vocalist, Cindy, was born in Englewood, New Jersey. She began singing at a young age and found inspiration from her cousins, the Mizell Brothers, and Cissy Houston. Cindy's career took off when she joined the church choir at First Baptist Church in Englewood and later became a touring singer at just 17 years old. She has collaborated with renowned artists such as Billy Ocean, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Dave Matthews Band and Alicia Keys. Cindy's talent extends beyond vocals as she has also written music for Aretha Franklin.

In 1982, Cindy gained recognition for her vocals on the Lemelle single "You Got Something Special". A year later in 1983, she released her album "Pump the Nation" with her band Attitude. Her solo single "This Could be the Night" followed in 1984.

Cindy's impressive career includes touring with The E-Street Band as a member of The Sessions Band and returning to tour with them during the Working on a Dream Tour in 2009 until the High Hopes Tour in 2014. She contributed background vocals to songs like "Shackled and Drawn" from Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball album and also sang on his High Hopes album. In addition to her collaborations with Spring

Tough Love is a record label based in London, UK. Established in 2005, the label has become a prominent force in the music industry, representing a diverse range of talented artists and releasing groundbreaking music across various genres.
With an unwavering commitment to quality and innovation, Tough Love has earned a reputation for discovering and nurturing emerging talent. The label's extensive catalog showcases an eclectic mix of electronic, house, techno, and alternative sounds that captivate listeners worldwide.
Driven by a passion for music and an entrepreneurial spirit, Tough Love continues to push boundaries and challenge conventions. With their finger on the pulse of contemporary trends and an ear for timeless melodies, they are at the forefront of shaping the future of music.

Cindy don't do many things loudly, but their seemingly sudden emergence a few years back was quite the jolt, their Free Advice LP doing for the current San Fran scene what the Big Supermarket record did for Melbourne a year or two back - ie a totemic outta-nowhere DIY statement of rare vision. As it turns out, though, it's not quite without precedent, since there was actually a self-released debut record from 2018, first pressed in tiny number and initially not moving much further than their immediate locale. A few years on and now trading for inflated prices on the second hand market, Tough Love are re-issuing in order to shine a little light on the band's first steps. 

These ten tracks display the ruminative formation of the minimal indie-pop sound perfected on Free Advice, skeletons of the same ideas with a little less flesh on dem bones, nonetheless struck with a naive wonder, like you're afforded the opportunity to hear the band stumbling upon their own charms in real time. And that is 100% the appropriate word here - charm, a quality perfectly captured in that front cover, too. It's not possible to overstate how endearing this music is, so independent is it of outside influence and free of self-consciousness. Is this the birth of the new Paisley Underground? Or maybe something better...

Music GB