Apartment
House Of Secrets
Whereas Bristol is all too often associated with the ''Bristol Sound'' of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, the city has produced musicians and bands who's work goes way past that stereotype. With the release finally of Apartment's 'House of Secrets' album, music lovers will hear a classic example of this for themselves. In the mid to late 1970's the raucous-and-angry meets chorus-strewn 'new wave' sounds of New York and punk driven London were also finding fertile soil in the west of England. Hidden away right out in the suburbs of the eastern fringes of the metropolis, 3 young lads called APARTMENT were forging a truly international, post-punk variation of the classic guitar band trio. Guitarist / singer / songwriter, Alan Griffiths, drummer Emil, and bassist Richard White had a vision that was driven by their talent and ambition, and a burning desire to shatter the complacency of what was going on musically in Bristol and beyond. The spirit of CBGB's had infused this band, like no other from the city of Bristol's environs. In spite of the inevitable technical limitations of these home-recorded songs, enough of their power and passion shines from them and into the wonderful variety of songs. Apartment's star burned brightly for a relatively short period, but the band packed alot into their time together. They did a session for national radio in the UK, played shows in London at the legendary original site of the Marquee club, and along with releasing just the one single were also included on one of the seminal compilations of music from a city in the UK, 'Avon Calling', released on arguably the most important label at that time, Heartbeat Records. 'House of Secrets' collects that blend of organised chaos in all of its glory from a heady time in Bristol music, and all over the UK at the time. Open the door and walk on in.