Wednesday, June 13, 2018

WAS's Awesome New Wave Song Of The Week #33: Pauline Murray & the Invisible Girls - Searching for Heaven

This week’s awesome song is a gem from 1981 that features an all-star line-up … yet it’s a song that hardly anyone has ever heard of !

Produced by “Manchester Sound” creator Martin Hannett… featuring Bernard Sumner of New Order … AND The Mission UK frontman Wayne Hussey on guitars… no wonder this song is Awesome!

Along with this team, Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls released the last of three singles they made (in addition to one album) in April 1981 before calling it a day.  “Searching For Heaven” is a glorious New Wave gem, with sweet vocals and that lovely sense of romantic urgency that makes songs like this so great.  Although the song was short-lived in popularity even in its day, thanks to the internet it lives on - on YouTube and wonderful stations like SOMA-FM’s Underground 80s, where I heard it recently.

But we don't have to search for heaven - we live it twice weekly on Marc’s Top 200 - The Extended Edition!  

Enjoy!
 
-WAS

3 comments:

  1. This song is now stuck in my head. Thanks for that, Was!!

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    1. Just listen to some Play MD ... "In My Mind" can knock any other song out of your head in an instant !

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    2. THere's never a bad time to listen to Play!

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