RFI: The Servants

This is right up my alley. I've been listening to Reserved a lot. Sounds Chills-ish, a little C-86, and very of its time, both stylistically and recording style-wise (mid late 80s). Wiki tells me that Luke Haines and Hugh Whittaker (Housemartins) were members. ‘Art Rock – ten years too late and fifteen years too early’ says Haines.

Anyone know more? Any fans?

I always thought that early single "The Sun, A Small Star" was one of the prettier C86 era singles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2R-dV6uwYk

By the time they made an album, Disinterest, they sounded quite different though, no? Like Talking Heads at their gawkiest or early Go-Betweens. Must refresh my memory. Actually, I seem to recall that half of the Go-Betweens became honorary members for a BBC session or something... Actually, there's a bit of discussion about such things with Haines here.

I have had an MP3 of "It's My Turn" for seven or eight years and have listened to it once in a while since then. It's a neat song and the track posted above is possibly the only other thing of theirs that I've heard.

picked up the captured tracks reissue 'youth club disco', lots of go-betweens/felt in there, really great stuff..