The Servants were an indie band formed in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England by singer-songwriter David Westlake.

The belated release followed the inclusion of 1990’s Disinterest in Mojo magazine’s 2011 list of the greatest British indie records of all time.

[3] The Servants’ first gig was on 1 July 1985, opening for Television Personalities at The Pindar of Wakefield (later The Water Rats) in London’s King’s Cross.

[4] Westlake’s urbane English songwriting was well received by the press, and first single “She's Always Hiding” was released on Head Records in March 1986, the band having declined offers from Statik, Stiff, and Él.

They grudgingly accepted an invitation by the then-popular NME to appear on their C86 compilation, insisting on the track being the B-side of their first single – the wrong-footing “Transparent”.

Drummer Hugh Whitaker left The Housemartins and joined The Servants in June 1987 (staying until August ’89),[6] as the band returned to the studio to demo new material for Creation Records.

The Servants’ last gig was at the Rock Garden, London WC2 on 21 August 1991 – “With no room to manoeuvre and no opportunities left”, the band finally called it a day.

[9] Westlake and band played at an NME C86 show on 14 June 2014 in London to coincide with Cherry Red’s expanded reissue of C86.

Westlake released self-pressed album Play Dusty for Me (Mahlerphone, 2002) in a limited issue that quickly sold out.