A Riot Of Colour

Jangly North London-based indie-popsters A Riot Of Colour initially pulled off a major coup: they rapidly secured a John Peel BBC radio session off the back of their first, self-released two-track flexi disc. Unfortunately, though, things then went downhill all the way. The group briefly signed to Dan Treacy’s hip indie label, Dreamworld, during the summer of 1986, but their self-titled debut EP was delayed until spring ’87 (thus missing out on the C86-related buzz) and a mooted second 12” EP, for Brighton-based Playroom Discs, then remained unreleased due to a series of distribution-related difficulties. Of the band’s 80s gear, the spiky, post-punk-ish "Newtown" and the nagging, bittersweet "Sign O’ The Cross" are still the obvious stand-outs. [SOURCE: RECORD COLLECTOR]