(DETOUR RECORDS ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE DEBUT RELEASE BY “THE PAST TENSE”. A RELATIVELY NEW BAND BUT SINCE THEY BURST ONTO THE SCENE ABOUT 18 MONTHS BACK THEY'VE BEEN CAUSING QUITE A STIR...  STEVE WORRALL WHO RUNS THE HTTP://RETROMAN65.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK QUOTES “SHARP POWER-POP WITH A PUNKY EDGE, A NOD TO THE PAST WHILST STILL SOUNDING FRESH AND CONTEMPORARY". A COLLECTIVE LOVE OF 60"S BEAT, MOD, PSYCH, GARAGE AND PUNK. THE PAST TENSE OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE DOUR STATE OF CURRENT MUSICAL FADS BY OFFERING AN ENTHUSIASTIC TAKE OF THE POWER-POP / MOD REVIVAL SOUND OF THE 80"S AND A LIVELY AND FUN NOD TO THE GARAGE GREATS, PAST AND PRESENT.  CRAIG AKA GARAGE BOY SUMS THEM UP PERFECTLY WITH …. “REMINDS ME OF THE MOD DAYS AT THE OLD BRIDGEHOUSE IN CANNING TOWN WHEN THE PURPLE HEARTS AND MERTON PARKAS WERE AT THEIR BEST. DETOUR RECORDS STATES….THE OPENING TRACK WILL BLOW YOU AWAY…. TRUST US, IT IS A FUTURE CLASSIC AND WILL BE PLAYED FOR DECADES TO COME... TRACK THREE IS A HOMAGE TO JIMMY FROM QUADROPHENIA. TRACK SIX IS A STORMING COVER OF THE 'KIDDA BAND' CLASSIC FROM 1979. ALAN HAMMOND FROM THE 'KIDDA BAND' HAS EVEN GIVEN US HIS APPROVAL OF THE COVER....  

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FEATURES....

FEELING BAD

ANGEL FACE

JIMMY’S LOVE SONG

MY BABY

HERE COMES THE RAIN

FIGHTING MY WAY BACK

I JUST CAN’T HELP IT

LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE

NERVOUS

THE OPTIMIST

WOLFMAN

NO NO BLUES