The Pastels – Nothing to Be Done
The Pastels are from Glasgow, Scotland. They've been together since 1982 (!!), their recent works includes the soundtrack to The Last Great Wilderness in 2003 and music production for 12 Stars in November 2006. Currently they are just a trio: Stephen, Katrina, and Aggi.
Don't
let this great duet fool you, I honestly don't think Stephen is a good
singer at all. His voice cracks and whines on their early songs (it's
AWFUL), but for some reason, he's not half-bad on this song, "Nothing
to be Done". I believe that is Annabel (Aggi) singing the girl part –
which reminds me a lot of Hope Sandoval.
PS, I just found out that a band called Love Is All
covered "Nothing to be Done" (their latest EP cover art is in their
profile). Being a cover lover, I really want to hear their version of
it!
[this is good] Wonderful!
[this is good] the pastels! i love them! and nothing to be done is just one of the sweetest songs ever!!!!
love is all has some other great songs. .. i like make out fall out make up…
[this is good] Hey, I loved them back in those C86 days. Sure, they are not great
musicians or singers but I think the amateurism is just so charming. And Stephen could really write great pop songs. This is THE band that started the British indiepop movement.The American equivalent would be Beat Happening.