Brits & Pieces: Stanleys

What began as a Twitter feed dedicated to 90s music has now become a foray into the future. Marc Rossiter’s superb Brits & Pieces Twitter feed got the itch so bad that, he decided to bring together a compilation of great new bands like ‘Shine’ editions in the 90s.

This week, we’ll be exploring our favourite tracks from the 18 track compilation. It was released Friday 11th December and will be available at Rough Trade.

A Better Life

Wigan outfit and friends of the site Stanley’s were set to become one of 2020’s great breakthroughs until covid. A support slot with The Lathums was going to win them thousands of fans up and down the country. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be, yet!

Despite their young age, Stanleys have wisdom way beyond their years. The characterisation is as vivid as Tom Clarke’s work on ‘Will Live and Die in These Towns’ but with a more poetic soul.

This tale of what might have been depicting the life of a man tragically living in the past. Yet, the sweeping guitars of The Courteeners and the pop sensibilities of Orange Juice lend it the glory that the protagonist continually dreams of.

With a slot on next year’s Bingley Weekender, their time will come.

*Image courtesy of Danny Bott