Tuesday 1 December 2009

Wah! Heat - Seven Minutes to Midnight



Back in those crazy days when Steve Lamacq still had a show on national radio, on a Monday night he allowed to stay on air all the way until midnight by his radio one overlords. Monday night not being deemed a suitable place for John Peel for some reason. So every Monday night at Seven minutes to Midnight Lamacq would play this track. And I, a wonky teenager, would attempt to fight off sleep to stay up and listen to it, on a tiny radio next to my bed because I thought it was the bees knees. Which it still is.
Wah! Heat were the outfit of Liverpudlian Pete Whylie, a rather talented songwriter who never received the attention he deserved because he continually changed the name of his band. Wah! Heat, were also known as Wah!, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! the Mongrel at various times. Pick a bloody name and stick to it man!

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