a fog of ideas wrote:
it's such a brilliant fanzine- heartfelt and necessary- if anyone needs any convincing of why indietracks matters to people or why a love of indiepop isn't something to be ashamed of this solid gold artefact d'pop ought to be smacked 'round the back of their heads repeatedly until they understand
pete's created something truly special, a manifesto of sorts that's convinced a jaded old reprobate like me that 'it' (indiepop, life, the universe, you, me, them, everyone, everything, right now) matters and that it's worth it and yadda yadda yadda
the love letter to the deirdres toward the end is just about the most perfect thing
truly a thing of genuine beauty and fire
Word.
The bit about Sophie Deirdre holding Pete's pinkie (sorry if that sounds rude) while she was reassuring him about their gig made me well up a bit.
Also, I think it's a mark of really good music writing if it makes you listen to a song you've heard a hundred times and hear something new in it. There's loads of examples of that for me in this zine.
