‘Kinky Love’ has the distinction of being one of the last singles I bought. It’s one of those songs I just fell in love with. Not in a kinky way, I hasten to add, but I just fell for the jangly guitars and Meriel Barham’s languid voice. The video isn’t too shabby either in a dreamlike, shoegazey-way.
I know a lot of Pale Saints purists would argue that the floppy-fringed Ian Masters was the true vocalist of the band but there’s no doubt that Barham added commercial appeal and those lyrics of “Kinky, take me inside and let the honey slide” must have been some of the most risque lyrics featured on The Chart Show, which was the programme where I first saw this video.
Compared to a lot of indie/shoegaze acts, The Pale Saints had a relatively long career which started in 1997 and ended in 2006, by which time both Masters and Barham had departed. For me, the key album is ‘In Ribbons’, where they perfected their quiet/loud dynamics and the regular shifts between the desperate melancholy and grungy euphoria ensured listeners were always kept on their toes.
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Pale Saints on Wikipedia
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