Formed in 1981 in Hull (UK) and disbanded in 1984 just before the release of their debut album, Indians In Moscow knew a major success after their participation to The Tube tv show, thanks to their performance which impressed the audience. During their activity they had three successes in the charts: "Naughty Miranda", "Jack Pelter And His Sex-Change Chicken" and the "Big Wheel". Despite the success they had thanks to their mix of pop melodies and oblique approach to new wave (mainly due to the vocal performance of Adele Nozedar who reminds me of a mix of Toyah and Slits' Ari-Up), the band frictions increased because of how the songs production of their album was going: Nigel Gray wanted to add some guitars and other overdubs to the original recordings, changing in that way, their distinctive sound. Their self titled album has been unavailable for decades until 2010, when Planet of Sound reissued it digitally. Now, Other Voices, decided to give to it a proper re-release by pressing an extended version of the album. On "Indians In Moscow Expanded" you can find the eleven tracks of the album plus the mix and 7" versions of their first success "Naughty Miranda", extended mix of "I Wish I Had" and "Jack Pelter", "Dies Irae" (a semi experimental wave track you can find on the "Big Wheel" EP), "Slide" (the "I Wish I Had" B side) plus an unreleased song titled "Underneath The Tree". I can't say that Indians In Moscow reminded me other bands of that era and that's good, but they succeeded into writing nice pop songs with a less rock approach of bands of the likes of Martha & The Muffins or less pop compared to Bow Wow Wow.