Sweet, humble, warming and melodic, one of the most stunning songs of the 90s was released exactly 20 years ago today in August 1998. It reached number 43 in the UK singles chart and should've been much higher.
The daily Rewind feature has recently featured a number of amazing, underrated indie singles from the late 90s that charted lowly. And this is one of the most underrated of all. Gorkys Zygotic Mynci were a Welsh group with a dynamic, highly melodic sound, sometimes described as "psychedelic folk pop". I first heard them on a free CD that came with Select magazine in 1997, which featured their track 'Blood Chant'. After hearing their 'Sweet Johnny' single (featured HERE) being played on Radio 1's legendary Evening Session, I went out and bought a copy. A couple of months later, I heard this and was instantly captured. I expected this to be their big hit, but it missed the Top 40. It's one of the hidden indie gems from the late 90s that I feel very lucky to have discovered.
Gorkys were formed in 1991. Many people expected them to break into the mainstream at some point, but the time never came. Instead, the band have the distinction of being the only group with eight UK Top 75 singles without ever making the Top 40. The beautiful 'Let's Get Together' was the second single from their fifth album Gorky 5. They would release nine albums all together before splitting in 2006. Frontman Euros Childs continued as a prolific solo artist, releasing at least one LP every year since 2006, including the excellent 'Situation Comedy' from 2013.
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