The Lilac Time

After establishing a solo career under both his own name and the moniker Tin Tin, Stephen Duffy put together the Lilac Time, which traded his former synth pop excursions for pastoral English pop. Releasing their self-titled debut in 1987, the group went through a few lineup changes over the years to follow, with Stephen and his brother Nick Duffy acting as core members. Their fourth long-player, 1991's Astronauts, hinted at the sound of Duffy's earlier solo career, while 1999's Looking for a Day in the Night locked into a gentle folk-rock. In 2006, near the end of a four-year ...