After South London's Mark
Long and Marcus
Bell made their fourth post-punk record with Ralph
Hall as a band called The
Opposition, they took some time off from what was a busy recording
schedule and reappeared as the duo So
in 1988. So's
material
differed
from The
Opposition's, with a much slicker production slant and a big sound
that pointed toward the chart pop of the time, with one foot planted in
the pair's
musical past. Consider the
Blue Nile, Simple
Minds, and maybe even Cutting Crew as periodic points of reference
sound-wise.
So's first single,
1988's "Are You Sure," was a minor hit that built
anticipation for a full LP. The next two singles, "Would You Die
for
Me" and "Burning Bush," failed to leave much of an impression on the
charts and didn't build on the
buzz (it
would be too easy to say they
were so-so). The oddly titled full-length record Horseshoe
in the Glove surfaced by the end of 1988 through EMI. Two
years
later, Bell
and Long
joined back up with Hall
to continue with The
Opposition.
source: Andy
Kellman, allmusic.com |
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