Love Jungle is a quirky mix of styles and tastes shared by guitarist Neil Darby and singer Angela Huggins. Neil and Angela have been friends and worked together on different projects for many years and have developed a song writing partnership based on mutual inspiration. Angela's versatile vocals style ranges from metal to jazz, pop, opera and soul while her most obvious feature reference point include Alanis Morisette, Chrissie Hynde, Sinead O'Connor, Annie Lennox, Everything But The Girl and Texas. But the Love Jungle sound has it's own distinctive mood built around Angela's soaring vocals and Neil's individual guitar style. The Story Begins...

Love Jungle formed in July 1988 in Bristol, England. The original line-up..... Angela Huggins - Vocals Neil Darby - Guitar Simon Nicholls - Bass Paul Gibbs - Drums

The Band liked to gig as often as possible but tended to concentrate on recording and song writing. They attracted immediate interest from major record companies, however, they chose to release an album on Sugar Shack Records entitled Welcome to the house where the extras are free.

TRACKS... 1  WASN'T THERE SOMETHING 2  AM I GOOD ENOUGH 3  CAST ADRIFT 4  BLUE SKIES 5  THAT'S THE WAY 6  BETWEEN THE POLES 7  I REALLY DON'T CARE 8  THIS COVENANT SUGAR SHACK RECORDS UK  FOD 004

Reviews... .... The nasal excursions that Angela Huggins undergoes turn out to be a most refreshing type of helicopter, roaring, floating, plummeting, scaring the shit out of Mike Smith: gushing accompaniment for Neil Darby's exquisitely crafted guitar work. Almost disguising the power within, nosed along by emphatically sliced rhythms, prime pop's their aim and Welcome finds the blueprints friskier than expected. Wasn't there something, Am I good enough and Blue Skies, if deposited in the sodden laps of Primitives and Buds folk would become Top 10 hits with tearaways, they're that compelling. (Melody Maker  21/01/89) .... comparisons to Sinead O'Connor are not that misleading as this Bristol based, female fronted quartet sound keen to make a determined, individual attack on the commercial adult pop with a lush, layered sound. Both Blue Skies and Am I good enough have expert choruses and striking singer Angela Huggins is as distinctive and fashion conscious as Yazz. A name to watch out for. (Martin Aston Music Week  4/12/89)