Name: A Bout De Heavenly: The Singles
Brand: Heavenly

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DAMGOOD537CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-12-11

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Sales:8.875

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5020422053724

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Heavenly

Genre US

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label US

Damaged Goods

Jangly indie-pop group from Oxford (UK) who evolved from a previous band. Their songs were written by lead singer Amelia Fletcher; the rest of the group comprised Peter Momtchiloff on guitar, Cathy Rogers on keyboards and vocals, Rob Pursey on bass, and Mathew Fletcher on drums. The group was active from 1989 until the death of Mathew Fletcher in 1996. Afterward, the remaining members formed another group.
Heavenly is known for their catchy melodies and upbeat sound that defined the indie-pop genre during their active years. Lead singer Amelia Fletcher's songwriting skills brought a unique charm to their music.
Their discography includes several albums and singles that gained popularity among fans of indie-pop music. Despite facing tragedy with the loss of Mathew Fletcher, Heavenly's legacy lives on through their memorable tunes and influential contributions to the genre.

A brand new compilation featuring Heavenly's classic indiepop singles.

Heavenly debuted with the 7" single I Fell in Love Last Night, followed by another 7", Our Love Is Heavenly, both released in 1990 on Sarah Records. Heavenly vs. Satan, the group's debut album, came out in 1991. At this stage in their career, Heavenly's songs were still mainly concerned with an innocent view of love, whether or not requited, and the instrumentation remained very much the same jangly guitar style used by Talulah Gosh.

Before releasing the critically acclaimed Le Jardin de Heavenly, Cathy Rogers (keyboard, back-up vocals) joined the band. Her harmony vocals and keyboards became an integral part of the group's sound.

Before their next long-player, Heavenly released two non-album 7" singles, P.U.N.K. Girl and 'Atta Girl'. These signalled a growing complexity in Amelia's songwriting, particularly Atta Girl, in which Amelia and Cathy sung in rapid-fire trade-off vocals. A broadening (and darkening) of lyrical subject matter was shown in the B-side, Hearts and Crosses, which told the story of a date rape, with an upbeat keyboard riff providing an ironic counterpoint.

The band's third LP was The Decline and Fall of Heavenly (1994). Here the group were at their most commercial and at their most attuned with the growing Britpop movement. The arrangements expanded even more to include strings and a large amount of percussion, and the dual-vocal trick was used on several tracks. Lyrically, the old romantic view of love was largely banished, but the tunes remained as upbeat and joyful as ever. In 1995, the band contributed the song Snail Trail to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot and Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization.

The group's last album was Operation Heavenly (1996). Arriving in the middle of the Britpop boom, the album contained such fine singles as Space Manatee and Trophy Girlfriend. Despite the closing of Sarah Records and release on Wiiija, the album was still recognisably the Heavenly sound. Shortly before the release of Operation Heavenly, Mathew Fletcher, the band's drummer and Amelia's brother, committed suicide. The remaining members announced that the band name Heavenly was to be retired.