Golden Glow - "The Cure" (PopMatters Premiere) video free download

The Manchester roots of Golden Glow are on clear display with "The Cure". Grainy, overexposed shots of the famous red brick city, birthplace of modern rave culture, are spliced among scenes of principal singer-songwriter Pierre Hall, alone in the studio. It is quite DIY looking, while the song itself was recorded on a four-track on a no-string budget, portraying the sort of detached delivery, loose play, and frozen drums one would expect to hear from Joy Division or the Happy Mondays, as produced by Martin Hannett. It's all very Factory Records, very Manchester.