Broccoli called it a day in 1998. Well, sort of. ““We didn’t split up in ’98. Just forgot to book a practice,” the band recent posted on their perhaps surprisingly active Facebook page. It’s indicative of their attitude. Despite being spread across the globe with members residing in Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom, Broccoli never really stopped existing.
Formed out of Pondlife in the early 90s, the then Scottish outfit embedded itself firmly into the DIY scene, joining the likes of Jawbreaker and The Get Up Kids here and there, as well as scene regulars Chopper, Hooton 3 Car, Crocodile God, Leatherface and Snuff. Their sound was drawn out of their various interests from hardcore punk to Sonic Youth. ‘Home’, due to be reissued from Friday 17th June, built the bridge between those and late-90’s emo icons and contemporaries at the time such as Texas Is The Reason and Sunny Day Real Estate.
The band celebrated support from the now (and then) legendary John Peel and Steve Lamaq. “We record our first Peel Session for the Beeb. It sucks! Then it’s back to Frankie’s to record the mini album,” the band’s Graeme Gilmour explains as part of a particularly insightful history. “Grant doesn’t wash for a week. The album sounds dull. We are all fucked. I return home and am promptly dumped by my girlfriend. Rock and fucking roll! It’s November 1995.”
Yet almost twenty years since the 1998 release of ‘Home’, the band are resurfacing properly. Originally released on Rugger Bugger Records, now mastered by North London Bomb Factory Mastering, ‘Home’ will be available through Drunken Sailor Records from 7PM BST on the 17th June. It follows on from Japanese label Fixing a Hole reissuing both of the band’s LPs on CD, as well as a Rugger Bugger compilation of every 7” release.
Now the band are hitting the road, in Japan at least. There’s an eight day tour on the horizon, and as Drunken Sailor Records inform us, “at least one rehearsal has apparently been booked.”
Head to Drunken Sailor Records to grab a copy of the reissued ‘Home’, and stream the remastered version exclusively below.
Here are those Japanese tour dates too:
