Strawberry Switchblade were two Scottish beauties that came complete with songwriting skills, beautiful voices, and a look that seemed always to be described with day-glow as an adjective. In reality, their colors was more akin to cellophane; bright and shiny but only a minor distraction from the heart of the matter. Singles "Since Yesterday" and "Let Her Go" were such twinkling techno-pop gems that few seemed to notice just how dark the content was.
"Who Knows What Love Is?" toned down the clatter and moved the color from lite-brite intensity to Douglas Sirk lushness and searched for an impossible answer to a pointless question. Lovely...
Major label money ruined indie dreams and Strawberry Switchblade called it a day after one album and a clutch of singles that still have the power to instantly transport some of us back to 1985 and freeze us in a moment where neither the question, nor the answer, seemed so difficult.
