Review: Drawing on influences like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Beatles, East Village were a little out of place, arriving as they did in the mid-1980s, a time in which the sound of the mid-late-1960s was just recent enough for it not to have come back in fashion yet (cultural cycles being just that little bit longer than today, when perpetual revisitation rights are handed out every five minutes). Nevertheless, the four-piece from England stuck to their guns and garnered a cult following, peaking with their one and only album, 1993's Drop Out, which arrived with the Heavenly imprint acting as a stamp of assured quality. Back Between Places was their second short outing, released through Sub Aqua back in 1988. And it certainly lives up to our introduction, offering harmonious and emotionally-charged indie rock that's heavy on the light touches.
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