Felix NEill

This brief bio from Discogs seems to tell the story rather nicely:

"From the ominous shadows of Goth suddenly appeared two young girls in polka-dot dresses, flaming red lipstick, and hair ribbons. Looking like the brides of Robert Smith, Strawberry Switchblade made a brief splash on the U.K. charts and then abruptly vanished in the mid '80s, leaving their fans with a handful of collectible singles and one LP of deceptively sweet-sounding dance pop. Rose McDowall would later appear on countless experimental and industrial releases by Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93 and Death in June, among others."

This rarely heard single isn't their best work, but the B side is taken from a Janice Long session track on Radio 1. How Eighties in THAT?!

I might have told this story before on here, but at an early Julian Cope solo gig in Lancaster, Strawberry Switchblade were supporting. I somehow managed to blag my way into the dressing rooms and suddenly, there they were, ironing their ribbons.

I fell a little bit in love, of course.

Vinyl rip at 320 Kbps.

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