About Heavenly
Hometown
Oxford, England
Formed
1989
Genre
Alternative
Balancing twanging guitars, bouncy tempos, and punk-honest lyrics with vocals that are sweeter than a gallon of lemonade, Heavenly were formed from the ashes of C-86 giants Talulah Gosh. Over the course of their short career, they staked a claim for being just as important to indie pop history with a discography that ranks with the best of anyone to give the genre a whirl. Beginning with a run of singles on the Sarah label around the turn of the 1990s, their girl group harmonies and surprisingly tricky melodies were an instant hit. They never lost that initial sound while adding riot grrrl toughness on the Atta Girl EP, expanding their arrangements on 1994's The Decline and Fall of Heavenly, and edging closer to noisy indie rock territory on their swan song, 1996's Operation Heavenly. Heavenly's music received a long-overdue retrospective release with the 2020 singles collection A Bout de Heavenly.
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