It's never easy to be objective about a group when they're your friends but Hipsway were, at their best, a great band, fantastic live and blessed with the charismatic Skin on vocals. This is my favourite single from their first album and it was unexpectedly yet characteristically gallus ;-)

JAM_ChrisM 27 May 2015

#4 in the 7" vinyl discovery trip. Hipsway were formed in Glasgow in 1984 by ex-Altered Images guitarist Johnny McElhone on bass, and featuring Grahame Skinner (vocals), Pim Jones (guitar) and Harry Travers (drums). Their music was characterized by Skinner's deep vocals and Jones' tight guitar playing. They were quickly signed up by Mercury Records and by 1985 had released their first, eponymously titled album. The album was a moderate success in the UK Albums Chart; while the single, "The Honeythief", made number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Another song from the album, "Tinder", became well known in Scotland as the soundtrack to a McEwan's Lager commercial. However the band failed to build on its success ans this was one of their lesser known tracks; McElhone left to found Texas   8

BarneyRubble 15 Feb 2014

"I hear you're happy but it does not show/Where wild things are I dare not go" -- still a favorite from #Hipsway after so many years. Classic sound.   7

nasalhazel 14 Nov 2013

This brings me even further back, into my teenage years. Music was the best thing I had in those days. It still is...   1

lmvfillion 14 Sep 2013