The Servants - David Westlake

<p>David Westlake - The Servants - in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>New album - My Beautiful England - out autumn 2022</p> <p>David Westlake formed <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock'>indie</a> band <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Servants'>the Servants</a> in 1985 in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon'>Hayes, Middlesex</a>, England. The Servants appeared on 1986’s <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME'>NME</a>-associated <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(album)'>C86</a> compilation, and the band was from 1986 to 1991 the original home of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Haines'>Luke Haines</a>. Haines describes David Westlake's first solo album, 1987's <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_(album)'>Westlake</a>, as "a minor classic".</p> <p>Westlake's second solo album, 2002's <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Dusty_for_Me'>Play Dusty for Me</a>, was released in a limited issue that quickly sold out but was never re-pressed.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Westlake#cite_note-5'>[5]</a><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captured_Tracks'>Captured Tracks</a> reissued Play Dusty for Me in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record'>LP</a> format on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)'>Black Friday</a>, 2015.</p>