Teenage Daydream
We are the Girls Who Play in a Band: A Times Book of the Year 2025
$24.76
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
A Times Book of the Year 2025 The Shindig Book of the Year
“The godmothers of indie-pop” Mojo
“A tale of pop life well lived” Shindig
“Winningly captures the devil-may-care optimism of adolescence” Guardian
An evocative coming of age story from one of the UK’s first ever female post-punk musicians.
Debsey Wykes was the bass playing singer in the first all girl punk group Dolly Mixture. Thrown into the musky, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781917923125 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1917923120 |
| Author: | Debsey Wykes |
| Publisher: | Putman Publishing |
| Imprint: | New Modern |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Debsey Wykes
Debsey Wykes is a musician best known for being the bassist and vocalist for Dolly Mixture, an English rock band formed in 1978. The trio scored a Number 1 hit in 1982 alongside Captain Sensible on his cover version of ‘Happy Talk’. Since the group dissolved in late 1984, Wykes has continued to create music and in the late ‘90s became a regular collaborator with Saint Etienne.
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