A great slice of early 80s janglepop. As contemporaries of REM when they first got started, I'm surprised the dBs never went on to greater success - this song is very radio-friendly, being very obviously heavily influenced by early Big Star. This song was written by Peter Holsapple, who was responsible for the poppier songs by the band, and who shared songwriting duties with the more experimental Chris Stamey. The band are cited as a major influence by many of the later indiepop/jangle bands, such as Teenage Fanclub, and the record still sounds fairly fresh now, with little of the overblown production that normally marred 80s releases.
The dB's - Black And White
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