Hot take?
Fun fact… Carl from this band is a proper music head and runs the store at Sounds of the Universe.
I’ve just done a valentine’s mix for a shop i work in and it’s heavily based on 80s emotional pop. Here it is incase you fancy giving it a listen. Some of the mixing wasn’t a slick as i’d have liked as i was just trying out stems and you really need at least four hand to get everything sounding smooth with that and loops etc. Anyway, hope some of you will like it.
Maybe too obvious but have realised there’s little representation in this thread from the marvellous Mr. Michael, esp. as he became a true purveyor of melancholic mega-pop in the '80s:
Agnetha Faltskog anyone?
Good shout. This is the one that does it for me (but slightly off brief as it’s '91, I think).
Also, I’m a sucker for a waltz/things in 12/8 etc
underrated these days imo but this lot had some gorgeous breezy tunes…
Swing Out Sister - Twilight World