Album Of The Week: Touch Girl Apple Blossom 'Graceful' (opens in new tab)

There are three primary cities around the world that come to mind for me when I think of indie pop’s genesis in the 1980s: Bristol, England; Dunedin, New Zealand; and Olympia, Washington. In Bristol, the short-lived Sarah Records championed lo-fi heroes like Heavenly and the Field Mice through their output of 7” singles and their…