Secret Shine

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Secret Shine
Recent photo of the band
Recent photo of the band
Background information
Origin Bristol
Genre(s) Indie rock
Shoegazing
Years active 1991-1996
2004-2007
Label(s) Sarah
A Turntable Friend
Clairecords
Razorblade
Associated
acts		 Junkie
Collide
Dreamscape
Website Official Site
Members
Scott Purnell
Jamie Gingell
Kathryn Smith
Dean Purnell
Richy Lee
Former members
Nick Dyte
Paul Vowles
Dean Tyler
Tim Morris

Secret Shine are a British shoegazer band formed in the early 1990s, who were signed to Sarah Records. Although early releases with both Sarah and A Turntable Friend followed the more linear Sarah pop stylings, the 1992 release Untouched broke into unapologetic shoegaze territory, earning the band many comparisons with Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine.


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[edit] Career

[edit] 1990 to 1996

After sending a 3-song demo to Sarah Records, Scott Purnell and Jamie Gingell recorded their first single for the label, After Years. After recruiting three more members (Nick Dyte, Dean Purnell, and Paul Vowles) they recorded the Unbearable single for the A Turntable Friend label in Germany. The addition of Dean Tyler to the lineup resulted in the Ephemeral single on Sarah. Later, Jamie and Scott recorded some demos that became the Untouched album.

In 1993 the album, along with the Loveblind single, was recorded and released. The addition of vocalist Kathryn Smith to the band added a new dimension, and this period saw them enter the Indie charts and become part of the burgeoning shoegazing scene.

Untouched tracks:

  • 1. Suck Me Down
  • 2. Temporal
  • 3. Spellbound
  • 4. So Close I Come
  • 5. Into the Ether
  • 6. Toward the Sky
  • 7. Underworld
  • 8. Sun Warmed Water

Just as things were starting to grow, Jamie and Scott felt it was necessary to go back to University for their final year, which slowed things down somewhat. After University, however, the band got back together and recorded the Greater than God EP, which they regard as their most accomplished work 1.

After the recording of the Each to the Other flexidisc, Dean Tyler left the band, followed by Nick Dyte. Tim Morris joined, on drums, the rest of the lineup being Jamie (vocals and bass), Scott (guitars), Dean Purnell (guitars), and Kathryn (vocals). The single Wasted Away was recorded, released on Spoiler Records as Sarah had recently folded. After playing a gig in Oxford in early 1966, the band decided to call it a day, though they never officially split.

[edit] 2004 to Present

In 2004, a a retrospective collection was released by the Tonevendor label, containing all their Sarah material (apart from the first single, and including the Untouched album).

Though not the main reason for the band reforming, it was certainly a "catalyst" 2. To begin with, events were fluid. Scott left for a while, and, tragically, Tim Morris died. This made the band get back together again, and as a tribute to Tim they recorded the 8-song, acoustic Morris album.

Morris tracks:

  • 1. You are inside
  • 2. Lost all your friends
  • 3. Loveblind
  • 4. Silver machine
  • 5. Take me slowly
  • 6. Ignite the air
  • 7. Tim’s song
  • 8. Decay

The band are still together and plan on releasing a new album in the summer of 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Title Label & Cat# Date Format(s)
Untouched Sarah 615 March 1993 LP , CD
After Years Clairecords 9966 February 2004 CD
Morris - Acoustic Tribute Album None May 2005 CD

[edit] EPs

Title Label & Cat# Date Format(s)
After Years Sarah 53 September 1991 7"
Greater than God Sarah 89 May 1994 10" & CD
Elemental Razorblade RZ01 February 2006 CD
Beyond Sea and Sky Razorblade RZ03 October 2006 CD

[edit] Singles

Title Label & Cat# Date Format(s)
Unbearable
My only friend		 A Turntable Friend 007 September 1991 7"
Ephemeral -
Honey sweet
Secret shine		 Sarah 61 April 1992 7"
Loveblind
Way too high
Honey sweet (CD only)		 Sarah 71 April 1993 7" & CD
Wasted Away
Wish Coming True		 Spoiler SSS001 February 1995 7"
Each to the Other
Jennifer
(Split single with 'Collide')		 Swirl 01 February 1996 Flexidisc

[edit] Tracks on Compilations

Album Title Label & Cat# Track(s)
There And Back Again Lane Sarah 100 Temporal
Battery Point Sarah 359 Deep Thinker
Gaol Ferry Bridge Sarah 530 Loveblind
Fountain Island Sarah 583 Grey Skies
Engine Common Sarah 628 Honey Sweet
In this Place called Nowhere Quattro 2011, Sarah Japan After Years
La Rue Du Chat Qui Peche Quattro 2024, Sarah Japan Loveblind
Temporal
Birth of the True Sugarfrost Frosty2 Take me Slowly
Test Tones Vol. 1.1 Clairecords FERN 035 Way Too High


[edit] External links

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