Razorcuts were an indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band formed in 1984 in London. The group centred around Gregory Webster

Gregory Webster

Gregory Webster is a British musician. In 1985 he founded the Razorcuts with Tim Vass. He then played in The Carousel with Elizabeth Price from 1989 to 1994. Soon after he was the main protagonist in Saturn V. In 1997 he founded Sportique, his present band, with Mark Flunder and Rob Pursey...

 and Tim Vass (who were previously in The Cinematics), with various musicians including Peter Momtchiloff

Peter Momtchiloff

Peter Momtchiloff is a British guitarist and bassist. He was educated at Winchester College and Worcester College, Oxford....

 of Heavenly

Heavenly (British band)

Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher , Mathew Fletcher , Peter Momtchiloff and Robert Pursey had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.-History:Heavenly debuted with the 7" single "I Fell in Love Last...

. Early releases on the Subway Organisation label, including the debut Big Pink Cake led to a deal with Creation Records

Creation Records

Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...

 for whom they released two albums. Razorcuts split up on 21 April 1990, with Vass going on to form Red Chair Fadeaway, and Webster to The Carousel and Saturn V. The duo were reunited under the name 'Forever People' in 1992 for a one-off single on Sarah Records

Sarah Records

Sarah Records was a UK independent record label active between 1987 and 1995, best known for its recordings of indie pop.The label was formed in Bristol in 1987 by Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes, and grew out of the fanzine scene at the time, Haynes having previously edited Are You Scared To Get...

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Albums

• Storyteller (1988, Creation Records, CRELP026)
• The World Keeps Turning (1989, Creation Records, CRELP045/CRECD045 - CD includes Storyteller)
• Patterns On The Water: A Retrospective compilation (1991, Creation Records, CRECD119)
• R Is For Razorcuts compilation (2002, Matinée Recordings, MATCD12)

Singles and EPs

• "Sad Kaleidoscope" (7" flexi, 1986, The Legend!, LEG 100) (split flexi with The Wolfhounds)
• "Big Pink Cake" (7", 1986, Subway Organisation, SUBWAY 5) #44
• "Sorry To Embarrass You" (7"/12", 1986, Subway Organisation, Subway 8(T)) #10
• "Sad Kaleidoscope" (7" flexi, 1987, Sha-la-la, BA 002) (split flexi with Talulah Gosh given away with fanzines Are You Scared To Get Happy?
  Are You Scared To Get Happy?
  Are You Scared To Get Happy? was an influential music fanzine published from Bristol, United Kingdom between 1985 and 1987 by Matt Haynes, later the co-founder of Sarah Records...
  
  #3 and Trout Fishing In Leytonstone #3)
• "I Heard You The First Time" (7"/12", 1987, Flying Nun UK, FNUK9(T)) #15
• "Sometimes I Worry About You" (7", 1990, Caff Corporation, CAFF10)
• "A Is For Alphabet EP" (CD EP, 2003, Matinée Recordings, MATCD47)