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1987 was not a great year for British pop music by anyones standards.U2 were deep into their chestbeating period, the Beach Boys were collabbing with the Fat Boys, and radio stations pumped out Living in A Box, Star Trekkin and alarmingly frequent new releases from Shakin Stevens, Samantha Fox and Five Star. No wonder The Smiths decided to call it a day.With hindsight, we were holding our breath for Madchester and Britpop.But imagine this gap being filled with a band who chose to ignore the prevailing consensus and combine perfect pop choruses with a highfashion bootboy image and barbed, laughoutloud lyrics Queen meets the Sex Pistols. Had Boys Wonder appeared in 1995 on the cusp of Britpop, their career might have been different. Listen to them now and youll immediately be reminded of Blur, Supergrass, the Sladeier side of Oasis and the arched eyebrow of Pulp.But this being 1987, Boys Wonder were ignored or openly dismissed by pop gatekeepers like Radio 1, NME and Melody Maker.Now, finally, in 2024 on October 11th comes the release of Question Everything. Released digitally, on vinyl and 22 track CD Question Everything is a diverse collection of material from the various stages of the bands career more than half of which are demos, as the band only ever released three singles.It is, for all intent and purposes, their first album.
