Never Meant To Be: 1988–1993
12XU
8/10
THERE are usually several reasons why a band that’s talented, founded in good faith and ticks the right zeitgeist boxes should falter while their peers streak past them, but in Love Child’s case it’s hard to cite just one with certainty. Mentioned (1991) and 1992’s shoegaze-inclined . However, the acclaim faded and they disbanded not long after. Maybe the departure of founding member and drummer Will Baum in between albums was a hitch; the era’s all enveloping wave of grunge can’t have helped. More likely, having a sound that switched stylistic emphasis between songs made Love Child an awkward act to sell.
