Before Wolfenden played with Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, he was a member of the short-lived band Expelaires. Another surviving member of Expelaires was drummer (Darren) Carl Harper who found refuge with post-punks Girls at Our Best! The band formed in 1979 around the musical collaboration of lead singer Judy "Jo" Evans and guitarist James "Jez" Alan. Together, Jo and Jez wrote songs (in fact, just about every song) centering on Jo's fascination with sex and consumerism and the social expectations of women. The punk outfit leveled off with bassist Gerard "Terry" Swift and eventually Harper.
Despite just looking for a musical outlet, the band's debut single "Going Nowhere Fast" was a surprise indie hit that demanded a series of follow-ups that culminated with the band's only album Pleasure released in 1981. Girls at Our Best! toured England, other parts of Europe, and the United States but tensions grew within the band as the tour wore on that culminated with both Swift and Harper quitting the band. Although Girls maintained a growing and devoted cult following, Evans felt a void of creativity and forward progress as far as the band was concerned and took that as a cue to end it.
Here is the complete discography for Girls at Our Best!:
Getting Nowhere Fast (1980 single)
Politics (1980 single)
Go for Gold (1981 single)
The Peel Sessions (1981 Peel sessions)
The Richard Skinner Sessions (1981 Skinner sessions)
Pleasure
Fast Boyfriends (1981 single)
Heaven (1982 single)
"Getting Nowhere Fast" by Girls at Our Best!
"Warm Girls" by Girls at Our Best!
Pass the Headphones!!
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