To call releasing your debut album forty years after you recorded it a bittersweet experience? That is quite the understatement. Then again, discovering lost hits from the heyday of powerpop in a filing cabinet somewhere in California must have been exciting. Especially when they are of the level of Power Pop Planet by The Bings.
I do not intend to tell you the whole story of LA Power pop band The Bings. You can read it on their website. What I can tell you is that if you love classic ’80s powerpop you are in for a treat – RYIL: The Cars and Paul Collins’ Beat. Songs like Don’t Stop Dancing, Please Please Please, Oh No and Just A Child should be a lock for your next powerpop mixtape.
Power Pop Planet (The Lost Tapes) is out now on CD.
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This is original 1980s Los Angeles-Hollywood Power Pop not heard in over 40 years. The Bings have been rediscoverd four decades later, and sign to a vinyl record deal by Bachelor Records. It’s on radio and popcasts literally around the world in 2024.