Bradford
Produced and signed by Stephen Street to his Foundation label, Bradford emerged
from the British alternative scene at the end of the 1980s with a melodic style
indebted to The Smiths, who had appeared a few years earlier. Hailing from
Blackburn in Lancashire, the band comprises Ian Michael Hodgson (vocals), Ewan
Butler (guitar), John Baulcombe (keyboards), Jos Murphy (bass) and Mark McVittie
(drums). A first single released in 1988 on Village Records, "Skin Storm",
incidentally the first independent single to appear on compact disc, was
followed by a series of tracks produced by ...
