Gone But Forgotten: The House of Love

My infrequent series on albums, movies or bands that were either denied classic status on release or have been forgotten about since. I've gone on at painful length about my anger at The House of Love - the first exciting and original British indie guitar band since The Smiths - never being included in conversations about either Shoegaze or Britpop, despite being more foundational and sooner for bands like RIDE and Slowdive than My Bloody Valentine themselves. The fact is, that with most of their best material being recorded before the 90's waves even began, they were too soon to a party they helped create. Here a look back at their debut album and the releases either side, that show them as one of the best British bands of the whole show.