The Dream Academy

Biography

This 80s UK band comprised Nick Laird-Clowes (guitar/vocals, ex-the Act), Gilbert Gabriel (keyboards) and Kate St. John (vocals/oboe/saxophone, ex-Ravishing Beauties). Laird-Clowes, who as a child experienced the last days of the London underground movement at first hand, revived memories of that earlier era with the polished folky-pop ‘Life In A Northern Town’, dedicated to the memory of singer-songwriter Nick Drake. The single, released on the Blanco y Negro label, reached UK number... Read more

Genres

Electronic & Ambient Pop / Rock

Tags

80s

new wave

pop

british

alternative

dream pop

Decades

1980s 1990s 2000s

Links

allmusic bbc music page d-nb.info discogs last.fm lyrics secondhandsongs viaf whosampled.com wikidata wikipedia worldcat.org

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