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People who know me know that I'm very critical when it comes to new British music. I just have no ear for brit-pop and Tricky. You may argue about Tricky, but no one can make me believe that Oasis, Blur, Pulp and Cornershop are the best things that Britain can offer to the world. They simply make me burp with their infant voices, escapism and repetitiveness. I was always asking myself, where are British invasion groups of today with their innovations, where are The Faces of today with their leisure, where are The Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson and scene around them with their melody and beauty. Long line of questions, and no answers. The last three really good British bands I've heard were Teenage Fanclub, The Godfathers and Mega City Four and that was all ten years ago. I must also point out a great band that lasted only one 7-incher, The Hysterics, which are my little personal discovery.

It was always a big enigma to me that Britain has two best rock magazines in world but no good bands that are wide known. Of course, two magazines are not NME and Melody Maker (pthui!), but Mojo and Uncut. The way those two magazines treat music is interesting and it's good to know that those two magazines exist. Those two magazines should be more available in the USA. I was wondering, when I will see a kid coming out some basement or a garage in Britain making music inspired by texts in those two magazines. Well, it seems that I've waited long enough...

Browsing on the Internet in search of some mp3s I've found some really cool music from Britain and I would like to think of these bands as a scene. All of them treat melody in a folky style, and listening to them I see a new family forming, something like Fairport Convention... And here they are