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'Time To Breathe' (only an excerpt - you need to buy the vinyl!)

This is one of three tracks on a new 7" single from The Chemistry Set, one of the key bands behind the UK's late 80s neo-psychedelic movement (they were championed by the likes of Factory label boss Tony Wilson and John Peel, who wrote them a fan letter). After the small matter of a 17 year break, the band re-formed, and this is their second single on Fruits de Mer since they returned to the fray. Combining two new new songs and a cover of a 60s psychedelic classic (originally by Tomorrow), this release oozes sheer class through every orifice, as does the band.

Exclusively available on very limited colour vinyl, more details at www.fruitsdemerrecords.com

London psychedelic band The Chemistry Set have quite a history. Veterans of the alternative Manchester label "Imaginary" and cassette only label "Acid Tapes", they helped lead the neo-psychedelic boom of the late 1980's. During this time The Chemistry Set were featured in the British and European underground press, had mainstream and underground radio play worldwide and countless fanzine appearances, including releasing 3 flexi discs with fanzines (remember them?).
The Chemistry Set reached the coveted Indie Top 20. Receiving regular airplay on the legendary John Peel's show, they also toured globally but have held a deep fondness for Spain, making lifelong friends there. The band split in 1991, took a bit of a hiatus, remaining silent... until The Chemistry Set "MACH II" remarkably reappeared in 2008.
In 2011 the band took to the stage for the first time in 20 years, augmented by musical friends from Spain (including #1 Spanish indie DJ "Gato"). It brought a whole new dimension to their psychedelic-pop, with even more electronics than the Mellotrons and Farfisas that Chemistry Set fans might be accustomed to. Using instruments and methods old and new, acoustic, electric and electronic, together they were a big surprise at European festivals last year and festival goers enjoyed the extraordinary spectacle of the visual work of VJ Matrona