I'm joined by a band that I've loved for decades this time around. When I used to build radios as a kid, I once tuned in to their huge hit, Labour of Love, via crystal radio earpiece on Radio Luxembourg, which felt like - and was - a kind of magic back in the day, and we've had loads of adventures on the wireless, and telly, since...
Hue and Cry are back with a terrific album, Everybody, which explores their new-found, but deep-rooted, love of electronic music, via post-punk, soul, and synth-fired lust for life... they're on tour as we speak, so we talked about performance too, along with diversions into Pat's book of jokes, a clash between Violently and Labour of Love, Michael Bolton, the Pet Shop Boys, and my confession about Dr Robert Moog...
You can listen to another recent chat we had for The Saturday Social on Central FM - where Pat reminisces about the band playing with Madonna at Wembley, snubbing George Michael - AND he makes his brother Greg cry live on-air - right here...
If you've enjoyed this chat and fancy listening to conversations with other Scottish music favourites, there are episodes of A Kick Up The Arts with Deacon Blue, Del Amitri's Justin Currie, Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake, Emma Pollock, Horse, and loads more - including Kathryn Joseph and Lomond Campbell, which also has its fair share of synth chat... as does the episode with King Creosote...
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