Album Review: Jonny Cola & The A-Grades - "The Debris Of The Buffet"
Well here's something I didn't expect to be reviewing in 2022. For those unlucky to miss them when they were originally around, Jonny Cola & The A-Grades, along with the very different Electric River, were one of two bands I used to see regularly in my early London days that I was convinced were going to go on to bigger things. Sadly it never quite happened for them with the group leaving behind a solid legacy of two great albums (2010's In Debt and 2013's Spitfire ) before they abruptly split with the various members going on to other bands (Desperate Journalist, the Speedways and Medium Wave mostly). At their best, the A-Grades were an intoxicating brew of glam rock, power-pop and Suede-style seediness which made them stick out like a sore thumb alongside a lot of the anodyne dullness of the scene at the time. The Debris Of The Buffet is a posthumous odds 'n' sods collection which, while it may not quite be the ideal place for newcomers to discover the...