HAPPY-GO-LUCKY popsters Clime are content to live in a boogie wonderland - but the big boys are plotting to take away all the fun.

The band say record industry types want to tone down the enjoyment factor in order to sell the band to a wider audience.

But Clime - who are taking part in this years Seven Days Of Sound extravaganza - have news for the kill-joys. It ain't going to happen.

Listen to Clime, who will appear at the big event in Accrington's Oakhill Park next month, and you'll find it difficult not to giggle along to their lively, melodic sound and razor-sharp lyrics. It's refreshingly easy to understand where they are coming from.

"Three-minute guitar pop songs with hectic harmonies is what we are trying to be about," said singer Martin Purdey.

"We aren't trying to write 10 minute epics with a view to world domination, although world domination would be nice."

In various guises and with differing members, Clime have attracted a fair amount of interest in their native Manchester.

The high point - depending on how you view these matters - was a support slot for Wet Wet Wet.

So you can imagine their surprise when various A and R men told them they were being, perhaps, a little TOO clever with their work. Martin, a full-time journalist and part-time singer-songwriter, said: "To be honest with you, we wanted to have fun and stop taking music and ourselves too seriously, so really it was getting back to the idea of a group of boys making a racket and having some fun. The lyrics we write are fun - we simply bounce ideas off one another. But we had to try and tone things down in an attempt to attract a bit of interest."

Clime classics include the hilarious Billy Bull and the upbeat Amelia In The Rain, where the emphasis is on good old upbeat guitar.

"Everyone in the band has worked with loads of other groups and has gone through the hell associated with trying to get a deal," said Martin.

"We have had to take on board what the A and R people say but we are still intent on not changing what we are.

"If that was the case, it just wouldn't be worth doing any more." But that attitude and the tight live Clime experience seems to be paying off at last.

Martin said: "The band seems to be on one of those snowballs that's growing and people seem to be getting sucked in all the time.

"Even the record industry types might start coming round to our way of thinking.

"Not giving in might actually pay off.

"I personally think we have what it takes but whether that means landing a record deal is another matter.

"As long as we are enjoying it we don't care."

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