Brenda Ray - D’Ya Hear Me! : Naffi Years, 1979-83 LP
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Highly recommended collection of Brenda Ray’s sweet post-punk meets reggae songs! Sounds nothing like lovers rock, but is somehow filled with just as much or even more love and heart.
2023 Edition! “A year-round collection of summery breezes..”
“Sweet post, with a heartfelt reggae/funk influence, analog dub effects and lovely femme-vox. A unique slice of late-70s/early-80s goodness, starring Brenda Ray, whose previous release on EM Records, Walatta, has been embraced by a large number of listeners. Recorded in North West England, D’Ya Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental”
The music of Brenda Ray and her Naffi Sandwich crew sits firmly within the late 70’s/early 80’s UK post-punk meets reggae scene (Vivien Goldman, The Slits, Raincoats, Adrian Sherwood), but somehow manages to sound completely removed from it and in a world of its own. The tracks are sweet and authentic, recorded in a simple home-made studio in North West England, away from London and the media spotlight. The string of privately pressed and self-released titles including Walatta, Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger, Naffi-Locksman, and Yum Yum Yum Yum Ya are all highly sought after so this compilation from Japanese label EM Records comes as an essential buy for fans of Brenda Ray and company’s heartfelt DIY experimental reggae-punk.