Heavenly, “Le Jardin de Heavenly” (K, 1992)
Amelia Fletcher helped create twee-pop with Talulah Gosh back in the mid-‘80s/C86 era, and she’s kept making great records in the style up to the present day. This one finds her in transition – the melodic palette is expanding from her early work; the elegantly stinging attack of Heavenly’s next records isn’t there yet, but I find the more winsome, languid sound here to have charms of its own.
Try 1, 4
7/19/12

Heavenly, “The Decline And Fall Of . . “ (K, 1994)
Twee-pop colossus Amelia Fletcher made her name with Talulah Gosh in the ‘80s and still makes great music today with Tender Trap, but Heavenly was perhaps her most fully realized project, and this is my favorite of their albums – the jangly melodies still awkwardly sweet, but with real punk-rock fire behind them.
Try 7, 8
1/23/14

Heavenly, “Operation Heavenly” (K, 1996)
Last LP from twee-pop legend Amelia Fletcher’s ‘90s band, and their hardest-punking yet. Fletcher’s melodies were almost at the peak of the twisty drama they’d achieve with her next act, Marine Research, and here their ‘60’s mod/yé-yé stylings get real hammerhead propulsion from the beats and revved-up guitars.
Try 3, 9
2/21/16