The Flatmates.

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Tell me everything I want to know about the Flatmates. Tell me if you think they're lovely, or if you think they're toss. Tell me if anything on their singles is half as good as "So in Love with You." Tell me you can make me a copy of Love and Death.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 24 February 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I live just round the corner from Deb - she's a good friend. We formed a band together (called Cake...not the chart band) & recorded quite a bit of stuff after the demise of TFM. Anyway, the early singles are pretty much in that vein - I could be in Heaven is a personal fave. As for the later stuff, the b-side You're On my Mind really stands out. I think I'm the only person who thought Deb sounded like Dusty Springfield.

I can try & get a copy of the album if you like...

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 24 February 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The Flatmates are indeed lovely. And a lot of their singles are very good--I really love "Happy All The Time."

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 24 February 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I still find myself singing 'life of crime' now and again (not out loud).

Martin Whitehead of the Flatmates / Subway sells a fair bit of stuff on ebay. If you do a search for Subway, you'll probably find him. I believe he burns copies of 'Love and Death' with cover scans for a fairly minimal amount (NB: I'm not him! and I've yet to get round to buying a copy, but I shall).

― rayas blancas, Monday, 24 February 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i loved the flatmates!
and does anyone remember a band of the time called mousefolk?

― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 24 February 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked them, and saw them a few times (I lived in Bristol then). Sat drinking and chatting with them once or twice too. My pal Gary (in a band supporting them once, I recall, at the Thekla) was very keen on Debs, but I don't think he ever got anywhere with her. I always thought the bassist (can't remember her name) did a very good job of just about holding them together live.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I've bought some Flatmates stuff from Martin on eBay. Very nice fellow to deal with. I do think their stuff is patchy but when it's good it's great. I particularly like "My Empty Head" from the b-side of "Heaven Knows" (which I was listening to not 15 minutes ago, oddly enough..)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 24 February 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

dig this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KzrPQo7V3k

― OutdoorFish, Monday, 28 October 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago)

Oh man, I love this band! The "Love And Death" comp is stellar, always meant to track down whatever was left off. Don't say if when you mean when!!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 28 October 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago)

first reply to this thread was so generous/serendipitous, did OP die right after posting or what

― anonanon, Monday, 28 October 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago)

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