Friday, July 8, 2011

Indian Dream - Orca

Here's one from a more Peace Punk direction - Indian Dream hailed from the UK in the mid to late 80s and played tuneful punk with female vocals and political lyrics.  They really seem like they would have been home on Crass records and bring to mind bands from that era... Zounds, The Mob, Omega Tribe, Lost Cherrees, etc.  Another good comparison would be Internal Autonomy.  Orca was their one and only LP.  The songs are fairly long and vary from quiet and introspective to fairly rocking.  The great vocals and ultra-melodic guitars dominate on this one.  I'm including in this post a compilation Ep they appeared on with some more harsh contemporaries like Hiatus and Mushroom Attack.  I have another compilation which they appear on that I will post soon since that record features one of Indian Dream's best songs, in my opinion.  They also have at least two 7" EPs that I've been trying to track down... if anyone has MP3s I'd appreciate a copies.  Check out Orca and the Bonds of Friendship Comp. below.

Indian Dream - Orca LP + V/A Bonds of Friendship Ep
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10 comments:

  1. ZakJuly 14, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    Thanks

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  2. AnonymousAugust 8, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Hi Mike, thanks for the review, I played bass in the band :)

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    1. AnonymousOctober 31, 2013 at 5:10 AM

      http://youtu.be/ZmAFsx22gFA

      Better than Life - the band which had the guitarist and bassist in it after Indian Dream

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    I agree..I loved this band!!!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    Hi - have copy of 'Well, are you happy' EP (has Indian Dream, Torture Town and a couple of others on .wav format but don't have scanner for cover. Happy to send - drop me a line on chris.alison@paradise.net.nz

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 3:39 PM

    hi mike, thanks for the great upload, indian dream were fabulous! i linked your upload to my small blog, hope that´s ok for you...
    cheers!
    http://makingpunkzum.blogsport.de

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    1. MikeJanuary 16, 2012 at 5:45 AM

      Glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the link!

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    2. ColFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM

      Excellent band. I saw them at Blackburn Punx picnic (Fusebox)years ago and would also like this on MP3 as my vinyl jumps on 2 tracks and the covers a bit battered as it's been played so much.
      Tez who was the original drummer in Bloodsucking Freaks when I was in them stood in at one gig for Indian Dream when he was living over Yorkshire way. He had a tape of the gig but I never got a copy.

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  6. AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    the albums avalable still on e-bay

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  7. AnonymousOctober 31, 2013 at 5:13 AM

    http://youtu.be/ZmAFsx22gFA

    Better than Life. The 3 piece formed after ID split up with the guitarist and bassist :)

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