Menswear - Daydreamer

Menswear (sometimes written "Menswe@r") were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig and were paid £500,000 as a publishing deal by Island when they had only written 7 songs.

They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. They later appeared on the cover of Melody Maker before they had released any material. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.

Albums

* Nuisance (1995) - #11 UK, #25 Japan
* Hay Tiempo! (1998)

[edit] Singles

* "I'll Manage Somehow" (1995) - #49
* "Daydreamer" (1995) - #14
* "Stardust" (1995) - #16
* "Sleeping In" (1995) - #24
* "Being Brave" (1996) - #10
* "We Love You" (1996) - #22

slowly shifting, gently drifting
in your arms, i'm quietly breathing
silent dreaming, thinking, yearning
hoping for a better journey
understanding what i'm planning
you're so blind you flounder drowning

moving closer, floating over
sinking into seas of color
feeling lighter, darker, brighter
consciousness begins to falter
holding you i start to wonder
pull you out or drag you under
breathe deaper...... daydreamer

slowly shifting, gently drifting
in your arms, i'm quietly breathing
silent dreaming, thinking, yearning
hoping for a better journey
understanding what i'm planning
you're so blind you flounder drowning
breathe deaper...... daydreamer

moving closer, floating over
sinking into seas of color
feeling lighter, darker, brighter
consciousness begins to falter
holding you i start to wonder
pull you out or drag you under
breathe deaper...... daydreamer