I think the most suprising one for me in recent years has been XTC. Of course being a teen of the 80s I’d heard their 3 biggest hits. Radio 2 in recent yrs seem to think that ‘Senses Working Overtime’ is the only song worth playing, but at least it reminded me of them. So I started having a mosey on Youtube and soon had these albums:
Black Sea
Drums and Wires
White Music (70’s agit-pop/punk classic!)
English Settlement
Oranges and Lemons
The Big Express
Couldn’t (can’t) stop playing especially in the car. Literally gobsmacked at the lyrics and musical talent. The later stuff is not so much my cup of char but worth exploring. Seems to have been a recent cull of XTC on youtube so Spotify is my friend for exploring some of their other stuff (including their alter-ego psych-pop band – ‘Dukes of Stratosfear’)
Criminally unsung band IMO. And very, very English in the best of senses (working overtime). Boom-tcha!
[video]https://youtu.be/oXyEHhIPu-A[/video]
And one of the best bass-lines of all time was the B-side to Mayor Of Simpleton!!!
[video]https://youtu.be/fO73BX5tRUU[/video]