Emerging from the ashes of the legendary Bogeymen, the Lost Minds have picked up where the Creeps of the 'Now Dig This' era (or perhaps the Prime Movers' debut) left off. They only released three records for the long-established garage mod label Detour: two singles and a full-length album. I remember reading reviews at the time recommending them to fans of Ocean Colour Scene or Paul Weller, but that wasn't really the case. These former garage punks had updated their sound to be more soulful, mod -beat and Hammond-driven, in a way that The Prisoners or the JTQ had previously done. And Laurent Bauer had a prodigious voice, typically associated with white (trash?) soul singers in the tradition of Robert Jelinek and Graham Day.
In my opinion, the comparison with the aforementioned Creeps is very apt. There are definitely more similarities with The Small Faces than with The Who during this period, particularly with regard to their Bogeymen days. Expect crunchy, organ-heavy grooves, foot-stomping tunes with funky strummed guitar and a soulful rhythm section eager to outdo the other instruments.
