Simple Minds
Simple Minds unite restless art-rock invention with widescreen melodies, moving from taut post-punk experiments to songs built for vast rooms.
- Featured on Sundown Sessions
- 5 broadcasts
- First featured
- 19 June 2024
- Last featured
- Sundown Sessions #9 14 August 2024
- Tracks played
- 6
About Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish band built around Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill. Their early records moved rapidly through art rock, electronic experimentation and post-punk, with Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination and New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) tracing an increasingly expansive sound.
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Songs including “Love Song”, “Promised You a Miracle”, “Waterfront” and “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” carried that atmosphere into larger spaces. Even at their most anthemic, the band’s best work retains the rhythmic curiosity and sense of motion established in Glasgow’s late-1970s scene.
Releases Featured on Sundown Sessions
Tracks Featured on Sundown Sessions
- Changeling from Reel To Real CacophonyFeatured on:
- Chelsea Girl from Life In A Day (1979)Featured on:
- I Travel from Empires And DanceFeatured on:
- Life In A Day from Life In A Day (1979)Featured on:
- Love Song from Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981)Featured on:
- New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) from New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)Featured on:
Featured on Sundown Sessions
Sundown Sessions #9
Featuring Colin Gourlay from ANDYSMANCLUB
Sundown Sessions #8
Featuring Baby Bartok
Sundown Sessions #5
Featuring White China
Sundown Sessions #4
Featuring Kenny Armour from ANDYSMANCLUB
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