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Memphis Industries
Grange Hill terrified us chubby-cheeked primary schoolers. Playgrounds packed with knife-wielding degenerates didn't exactly whet our Dairylea-craving appetite for 'big school'. Of course, the reality wasn't so bad – we got to kiss girls – but a mistrust of 80s education continues to linger. Perhaps with this in mind, Glasgow jingle-poppers Bricolage have released The Waltzers to neutralize the bitterness. A cockle-warming tale of adolescent lust, the whizzing synths and zip-tingling guitars hark back to that era of smooching pop-romanticism. Instead of bullying you into a share of your lunch money, this is the old school chum you'd bet your life on. [Billy Hamilton]