The Raincoats were one of that great rush of post-punk bands that started releasing records in abut 1979, and they're one of my favourites. Taking the iconoclastic DIY attitude of first-wave punk but leaving behind the musical one-dimensionality, what you get on this, their first single, is a kind of Velvet Underground-inspired violin squall, mixed with boundless energy and enthusiasm and wonderfully naive-sounding vocals. They're such an important precursor for so much of the indiepop that we all love today.
I'd recommend the whole of the self-titled album, one of the very best post-punk releases. It apparently took some agitation from a certain Kurt Cobain to get their albums reissued, but whatever you think of him, he had great taste.
Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket
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