This Is Welfare, you immediately shout upon hearing the band name The Dutch, because that's how it goes with one hit wonders. This song was a huge radio hit for this group from Amstelveen, whose angular and bare pop songs were the Dutch answer to arty new wave bands like
Talking Heads and
XTC. Anno 2022 - on their sixth album Solid Ground - the group still sounds as groomed, poppy and artsy, but less
… stylistic. Elements of americana and singer-songwriter find their way into solid songs that reflect on the dark spirit of the times or pay tribute to works of art. In terms of content, not even that much has changed (the early 80s were not the happiest of days either), but unfortunately the Dutch radio landscape has. (MR)more 
