The Pristines released their latest single towards the end of last year on Cloudberry Records.

However this Coventry based band, who took their name from the Sea Urchins Pristine Christine track, are hardly new to the indie pop scene and have been around for a number of years. Best known for their releases on Sunday Records, especially the 1995 album Teen-Fraud, Pop-Whore Pt 1, the band are still recording today and are looking for a label to release their music on. I hope it's not a long wait. There is an entertaining biography of the band on their website which saves me the job of having to supply a condensed version.

Now to the music. What do the band sound like? It's a classic indie pop sound echoing the likes of The Field Mice, Sarah Records, Creation Records although at times The Pristines head into lo-fi, almost folkish territory.

The Pristines - I Think You Know (taken from Souls To The Devil, Sunday 1992)
The Pristines - Shadows In The Sun (taken from Kimberly Somebody Sunday, 1993)

Bonus Tracks:

The Pristines - Ruthy Can't Wink (taken from the self released Get Caught in Showtime 2000)
The Pristines - Favourites (taken from Teen-Fraud, Pop-Whore Pt 1 1995)
The Pristines - Good Things Never Come Despite The Wait (taken from the All Washed Out EP on Cloudberry 2007)

More tracks can be downloaded from the bands website and My Space page.

The bands discography on Twee Net.

[My Space link]