Tag: Dave Hemingway

The Housemartins look back with 'Happy Hour: The Collection,' new 20-track best-of

The Housemartins look back with ‘Happy Hour: The Collection,’ new 20-track best-of

Although they only issued two studio albums during their mid-’80s career, The Housemartins — the UK’s self-proclaimed ‘fourth best band in Hull’ — this week will be anthologized with at least their fourth best-of album, although it’s not quite clear whether the new set features any previously unreleased material.

Expanded reissue of The Housemartins' 'London 0 Hull 4' due out next month

Expanded reissue of The Housemartins’ ‘London 0 Hull 4’ due out next month

One of those acts better known for its progeny — Fatboy Slim and The Beautiful South — than its own output, the self-professed “fourth-best band […]