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

10 comments:

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

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    1. http://youtu.be/ZmAFsx22gFA

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

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  2. I agree..I loved this band!!!

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  3. 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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  4. 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. Glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the link!

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    2. 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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  5. the albums avalable still on e-bay

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  6. http://youtu.be/ZmAFsx22gFA

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

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