Trembling Blue Stars

Trembling Blue Stars was the London-based band based music project of Robert Wratten, started in 1996. Later consisting of Harvey Williams, Jonathan Akerman, Keris Howard, Michael Hiscock, and Beth Arzy who replaced Annemari Davies in 2000. Initially begun as a side project of Wratten's previous band Northern Picture Library, Trembling Blue Stars became Wratten's main band when Northern Picture Library broke up in 1995. Wratten took the name of his band from The Story of O by Pauline Réage. Trembling Blue Stars are characterized by melancholic songs with shimmering guitars and introspective lyrics.
Many of their early lyrics address Wratten's relationship with Annemari Davies, who had been in The Field Mice and Northern Picture Library with him. The first Trembling Blue Stars album, Her Handwriting, was released in 1996 on Shinkansen Recordings (the successor to Sarah Records), to critical acclaim. Wratten afterwards assembled a band, which at various times included Davies, Gemma Townley, Cath Carroll and Ian Catt, as well as Michael Hiscock, Keris Howard (previously of the Sarah Records-era band Brighter) and Harvey Williams. Producer Ian Catt has worked on every Trembling Blue Stars release....(Read more)
==Links to Peel==
The band featured regularly on John's show, garnered an early Festive Fifty entry in 1996, and recorded a session in 2000 which has never been officially released.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*1996 Festive Fifty: 'Abba On The Jukebox' #19right|330x330px
== Sessions ==
*One session, no known commercial release.
1. Recorded: 2000-08-09. First broadcast: 14 September 2000. Repeated: 08 March 2001
*The Times You've Come / Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise / As Long As She's Needed / Before We Know It
== Other Shows Played ==
;1996
*21 April 1996: Abba On The Jukebox (7") Shinkansen
*27 April 1996 (BFBS): 'Abba On The Jukebox (7")' (Shinkansen)
*19 May 1996: Abba On The Jukebox (7") Shinkansen
*28 December 1996: 'Abba On The Jukebox (7")' (Shinknasen Recordings)
;1998
*03 February 1998: Made For Each Other (album - Lips That Taste Of Tears) Shinkansen
*07 February 1998 (BBC World Service): Made For Each Other (LP - Lips That Taste Of Tears) Shinkansen
;1999
*26 August 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Doo Wop Music (7")' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*08 September 1999: Doo-Wop Music (7” single) Shinkansen
*09 September 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Doo Wop Music (7")' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*08 September 1999: Doo-Wop Music (7” single) Shinkansen
*12 September 1999 (BFBS): Doo-Wop Music (blue vinyl 7")' (Shinkansen Recordings) (JP: 'And very nice too, and on blue vinyl too. Come on, can you possibly want for anything more?')
*09 November 1999: 'Dark Eyes (CDS)' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*14 November 1999 (BFBS): 'Dark Eyes (CDS)' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*17 November 1999 (BBC World Service): Dark Eyes (single) Shinkansen
*18 November 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Dark Eyes (CDS)' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*02 December 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Doo Wop Music (7")' (Shinkansen Recordings)
*02 December 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Dark Eyes (CDS)' (Shinkansen Recordings)
;2000
*16 February 2000: 'To Leave It Now' (LP 'Broken By Whispers') Shinkansen
*23 February 2000: She Just Couldn't Stay (LP - Broken By Whispers) Shinkansen
*February 2000 (FSK): She Just Couldn't Stay (CD - Broken By Whispers) Shinkansen
*16 March 2000: Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise (LP – Broken by Whispers) Shinkansen
*18 May 2000: Sleep (LP - Broken By Whispers) Shinkasen
*01 June 2000: Dark Eyes (LP - Broken By Whispers) Shinkansen
*08 June 2000: She Just Couldn't Stay (CD single) Shinkansen
*08 June 2000 (Radio Eins): Where Norfolk Meets Lincolnshire (CD - She Just Couldn't Stay) Shinkansen
*27 June 2000: Where Norfolk Meets Lincolnshire (CD - She Just Couldn't Stay) Shinkansen
*29 June 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Doo Wop Music (7")' (Shinkansen Recordings)
;2001
*16 October 2001: Under Lock And Key (LP – Alive To Every Smile) Shinkansen
*17 October 2001: Haunted Days (LP – Alive To Every Smile) Shinkansen
*24 October 2001 (BBC World Service): Under Lock And Key (LP - Alive To Every Smile) Shinkansen
*October 2001 (FSK): Under Lock And Key (CD - Alive To Every Smile) Shinkansen
*01 November 2001 (Radio Eins): Under Lock And Key (album - Alive To Every Smile)
*07 November 2001: The Ghost Of An Unkissed Kiss (LP – Alive To Every Smile) Shinkansen
;2002
*09 May 2002: It's Easier To Smile (EP – Slow Soft Sighs) Shinkansen
*30 May 2002 (Radio Mafia): It's Easier To Smile (Shinkansen)
*04 June 2002: It’s Easier To Smile (EP – Slow Soft Sighs) Shinkansen
*06 June 2002 (BBC World Service): Slow Soft Sighs (single) Shinkansen Recordings
;2004
*07 July 2004: A Beginning Of A Kind (EP: Southern Skies Appear Brighter Extended Play) Elefant Records
*14 July 2004: A Beginning Of A Kind (EP: Southern Skies Appear Brighter) Elefant Records
*07 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'The Sea Is So Quiet' (LP- The Seven Autumn Flowers) - (Elefant)
== See Also ==
* May 2000 (Peel's Record Box)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*AllMusic
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