If This Is Paradise, I’ll Take The Bag

Much like Toy Love, the Screaming Meemees predated the existence of the initial Flying Nun wave in New Zealand but still captured its sense of rushed, immediate and very enjoyable energy, evident in both their singles and their one full length album released in 1982. If This Is Paradise is most well known still for the NZ number one hit “See Me Go,” a notable shock of a feat given it was on an independent label, but the whole is a great blast of crisp early 80s rock and roll spirit with fun, unexpected moments on songs like “Days of Heaven” and “Sunday Boys.”