Musical taste is, of course, highly subjective and rummaging through the Bluesbunny Vinyl Vault unearthed an unusual item. Not unusual in the rare kind of way but more in the surprise kind of way. The Primitives were, of course, one of Morrissey's favourite bands, and The Smiths never really won a place in my heart. I did like Johnny Marr. He could play a mean guitar and he did give us one of the coolest rock quotes of all time after the breakup of The Smiths - something along the lines of "I didn't start a band to play Cilla Black songs". Hallelujah to that!
"Thru The Flowers" is a rather delicate and fey little song. Definitely a precursor of twee pop, there is absolutely nothing dramatic about this record at all. There is a touch of surf about the guitars but that is about all there is that could be described as macho. Tracy Tracy's sings like that nice girl next door. Or at least she sings like a nice girl next door would sing. Begrudgingly, I will admit it is quite catchy
Oh, the flipside plays at 33rpm. Caught me out, that did. "Everything Shining Bright" is similarly jolly and up-tempo. It just about outstays its welcome however. The original version of "Thru the Flowers" released two years previously is also there. Interestingly, it is much heavier and punkier (for want of a word) than the version on the "A" side. Much preferred it, in fact.
Judging by the condition of the sleeve and the vinyl, I didn't play this one much at the time. Hardly surprising - they're not bad songs really but not really classics either.