The Moffs – The Collection

The Collection – The Moffs

By Chris Peken

“I don’t like nostalgia unless it’s mine” said Lou Reed. As pop music ages well into its sixties, looking back with rose-coloured lenses become more and more popular. Having spent enough nights glued to the Trade Union Club floor watching The Moffs and so many more of their ilk, I retired my paisley shirt some decades ago (left somewhere in Eastern Europe in 1993). So how does a double CD collection of all The Moffs ever did stack up’ The high point of their output, the single and their one indie “hit” Another Day in the Sun still has the same sunny psychedelic appeal that it did in 1985, sitting as it does on the pop side of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. While Horoto from their very first recording session shows the bright-eyed enthusiasm of what could have been. For most of the remainder, this is a fans collection. A reminder of a mis-spent psychedelic youth that will embarrass their children but bring fine, foggy, rose-coloured memories to their eyes.
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