Description
Artist – Proper
Release – Meant To Say Something LP/CD
Side A
1. Wicked (3:05)
2. One Way Street (3:45)
3. Sinister (3:39)
4. Harlequin (3:17)
5. Dynamics (3:06)
Side B
1. What Kind Of Fool (3:14)
2. Nothing Like This (2:27)
3. Panic Button (2:54)
4. Somewhere (3:17)
5. The Resolve (3:01)
6. Your Wish Is My Command (3:05)
Label – Spinout Nuggets
Cat No. – SN148
Release date – 25th April 2025
Proper formed in London, England in March 2015 with the aim of producing timeless 3 minute pop songs, with a nod to the past pop masters of the mid ’60’s and the late ’70’s in particular.
Guitarist and vocalist Ivano Bonfanti came to London from Milan with just a suitcase and a Rickenbacker guitar in the early 1990’s, within a year he joined The Direction, a hard gigging mod revival band who he’d been following as a fan.
Len Fleckney has played drums with many bands over the years, most notably with legendary mod revival group Long Tall Shorty and previously Eleanor Rigby (also Canadian band The Crescent Heights).
Jez Payne and Joe Duggan make up the rest of Proper, on bass and guitar respectively.
Proper’s debut gig was at the iconic 100 Club, supporting The Scene and they’ve since gone on to build up a loyal live following and have taken their sound further afield.
Having worked alongside legendary sound engineer Pat Collier, and Tony Morrison (Long Tall Shorty), their debut album was released in 2017.
Back with Pat Collier, this time with Brett ‘Buddy’ Ascott (The Chords, The Fallen Leaves, etc) on producer duties, Proper locked themselves in Perry Vale Studios until they made eleven sure fire power popped hits, now collected on this very album.
Limited to 300 copies on vinyl (also on CD).
Line Up:
Ivano Bonfanti- Vocals, Guitars
Joseph Duggan – Guitar
Jeremy Payne – Bass
Len Fleckney – Drums, Vocals.
Notes:
Recorded by Pat Collier at Perry Vale Studios, London.
Produced by Brett ‘Buddy’ Ascott.
Post production by Jessica Corcoran at Perry Vale Studios.
Published by Spinout Music.
