Early ’80s Synthpop Duo 50/50 Are Finally Releasing An Album
Blimey, talk about a labour of love. A synthpop duo from the late seventies who've been writing together for years but never quite made it to an album release sounds like the sort of hidden gem that Cledvibes Radio listeners absolutely live for. There's something rather brilliant about musicians who treated their project as a genuine partnership rather than a day job, even if it meant taking decades to finally get their work out there. We reckon those early synthpop foundations are going to sound rather timeless whenever this album finally drops.
From Stereogum: In 1979, two British musicians, singer David Cowles and producer/multi-instrumentalist Richard Haines, got together to form a synthpop duo called 50/50. At the time, both of them had demanding careers outside of music, and they weren't willing to devote themselves to the group full-time. Every week, though, they spent multiple nights writing songs together, and they built up quite a catalogue — mo…
