Martha's Vineyard
In September 1989 I moved out of home for the first time and went to live in a small coastal village called Plockton in the western Highlands of Scotland to work as a waiter in a small family-run hotel. I was twenty years old. I'd subscribed to the music magazine 'Q' a few months before in an effort to get more acquainted with new music and one month (I can't recall which) there was a review of the self-titled album by a new Australian band who had called themselves 'Martha's Vineyard'. For some reason the review caught my attention and I bought the album - without even hearing it! Maybe it was the album cover which intrigued me... This was the days before the Internet so I couldn't Google the band, watch promo vids on YouTube or subscribe to their Twitter account or Facebook page! I bought the album 'blind'. But what a wise purchase it proved to be - and one I have never regretted! About the band Martha's Vineyard were an Aust...