One of the first mix tapes my friend Paul from NJ made for me included the song "Alimony" by an Australian band called the Hummingbirds. It was energetic jangle-pop with three-part male-female harmonies, which of course meant I had to run out and buy loveBUZZ, the cassette it was on. It was an excellent investment, in no small part because it wound up going out of print so fast. Years later, flipping through a used-CD rack in Portland, Maine, I found a copy of it and about leapt out of my skin, and not just because it only cost $3.99.
"Alimony" isn't on YouTube, but there were two other good songs available: the leadoff track, "Blush"...
And another single, "Word Gets Around."
Lousy videos, great songs. And their Greatest Hits CD is available as an import.
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