The Poppyheads

The story

The Poppyheads were a short-lived indiepop group associated with Sarah Records. They only made two records - a flexidisc for Sarah co-founder Matt Haynes' Sha-La-La label entitled Postcard For Flossy EP (1987) and Cremation Town (1988) - the 6th Sarah 7". The group's lead singer Rob Young has forged a successful writing career and has written several music books on subjects such as Warp Records and Can. He is also notable as the former editor-in-chief of The Wire - a popular UK-based experimental music magazine.

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Rob Young
• Nigel Blackwood
• Andrew Zurek
• Del Davies
• David Barbenel

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Poppyheads in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Poppyheads in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Poppyheads

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• Harvey Williams2 sources agree
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• The Sea UrchinsListenBrainz listeners
• BrighterListenBrainz listeners
• 14 Iced BearsListenBrainz listeners
• The Golden DawnListenBrainz listeners

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Poppyheads’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.