New Fast Automatic Daffodils 'Big (Peel Session' (1990)

New FADs (as they were usually abbreviated) were a band from Manchester in the early 90s that fused indie sensibility with dance rhythms. Doesn't sound promising does it? 'Monday's copyists'? 'Baggy chancers'? Absolutely not the case with New FADs.

New Fast Automatic Daffodils were a seamless, organic fusion of rhythm, groove, melody, a bit of post-punk edge and some gorgeous orgiastic percussion, an irresistible call-to-dance.

'Big' is probably, if not their most famous (as I'm not sure if they achieved any fame as such) then their most pertinent slice of unbridled rhythmic joy. This Peel Session version takes the song in a different, harder-edged direction with a more free-form guitar overlaying the bass/drums/bongo mayhem and no vocals. It's an absolute juggernaut.

Download New Fast Automatic Daffodils 'Big (Peel Session, Jan 1990)' (mp3) (Rapidshare)