The Indie Scene 79 - The Story Of British Independent Music + The Indie Scene 80 - The Story Of British Independent Music

 

INDIE ROCK is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "guitar pop rock".

D.A.F

One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement, Pixies and R.E.M.

CABARET  VOLTAIRE

Other notable scenes grew in Manchester and Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "indie" (or "indie pop") started to shift from its reference to recording companies to describe the style of music produced on punk and post-punk labels.

BIG  IN  JAPAN

During the 1990s, grunge and punk revival bands in the US and Britpop bands in the UK broke into the mainstream, and the term "alternative" lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The term "indie rock" became associated with the bands and genres that remained dedicated to their independent status.

BAUHAUS

By the end of the 1990s, indie rock developed several subgenres and related styles, including lo-fi, noise pop, emo, slowcore, post-rock, and math rock. In the 2000s, changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the internet enabled a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.
 

01. VARIOUS - THE INDIE SCENE 79 THE STORY OF BRITISH INDEPENDENT MUSIC

                                            

The Connoisseur Collection's ten-volume Indie Scene: The Story of British Independent Music series maps the shift from punk to post-punk and new wave in the U.K. from 1977 to 1986.

THE  ADICTS

Focusing on artists who were on fledgling independent labels and thus digging up plenty of otherwise forgotten chips from the late-'70s/early-'80s fireball, each volume contains plenty enough for voracious neophytes to sink their teeth into.

MODERN  ENGLISH

And if you were a scenester back then and need to relive the glory of all those singles your mom threw out while you were at your umpteenth punk festival, these compilations should plug some gaps.

The Indie Scene 1979 shows electronic-based acts coming into full bloom, whether it's Cabaret Voltaire's tumbling, jolting, antagonistic and, well, nagging "Nag Nag Nag"; Fad Gadget's plodding, percolating "Back to Nature"; or Tubeway Army's less abrasive "Are Friends Electric?," a buzzing synth-driven song that strikes a bold contrast when compared to the guitar-led din of their own "That's Too Bad," which is included on the 1977 installment of this series.

LENE  LOVICH

So at this point, experimental cellar dwellers were rising through the cracks while several comparatively established groups were making use of technology that was either sitting around the studio or becoming cheaper to obtain.

FAD  GADGET

The bands represented here that weren't so technologically inclined hardly use the ole pop/rock form in less than exciting ways: there's the loony organ-driven mania of the Teardrop Explodes' "Bouncing Babies," the Velvet Underground/Stooges-inspired stomp of Joy Division's "Novelty," and the barbed pop of the Go-Betweens' early "People Say".

ECHO  AND  THE  BUNNYMEN

In addition, the thriving ska revivalism scene gets its say through Madness, the Beat, and Selecter selections. One final notable inclusion is Kirsty MacColl's "They Don't Know," which would be more successful for Tracey Ullman four years later.
By Andy Kellman

Various - The Indie Scene 79
Label: Connoisseur Collection – IBM LP 79
Series: The Indie Scene – 79
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Punk, Indie Rock, Ska

SIDE A.

                                    

A1. The Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies    2:48
A2. Joy Division – Novelty    4:02
A3. The Fall – Rowche Rumble    5:11
A4. Spizz Oil – Cold City    2:04
A5. Big In Japan – Suicide A Go Go    2:26

SIDE B.

B1. The Comsat Angels – Red Planet    2:43
B2. Cabaret Voltaire – Nag Nag Nag    4:40
B3. Tubeway Army – Are 'Friends' Electric?    5:20
B4. Fad Gadget – Back To Nature    5:44
B5. Big In Japan – Nothing Special    3:39

SIDE C.

                                   

C1. The Damned – Love Song    2:05
C2. The Wall – New Way    3:47
C3. The Go-Betweens – People Say    2:40
C4. The Monochrome Set – He's Frank    2:38
C5. The Passions – Hunted    3:22
C6. The Regents – 7 Teen    3:30

SIDE D.

D1. Lene Lovich – Lucky Number    2:48
D2. Kirsty MacColl – They Don't Know    3:09
D3. The Rumour – Emotional Traffic    2:48
D4. Madness – The Prince    2:32
D5. The Beat –Tears Of A Clown    2:42
D6. The Selecter – On My Radio    3:08

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02. VARIOUS - THE INDIE SCENE 80 THE STORY OF BRITISH INDEPENDENT MUSIC

The Connoisseur Collection's ten-volume Indie Scene: The Story of British Independent Music series maps the shift from punk to post-punk and new wave in the U.K. from 1977 to 1986.

THE  GO-BETWEENS

Focusing on artists who were on fledgling independent labels and thus digging up plenty of otherwise forgotten chips from the late-'70s/early-'80s fireball, each volume contains plenty enough for voracious neophytes to sink their teeth into.

THE  FALL

And if you were a scenester back then and need to relive the glory of all those singles your mom threw out while you were at your umpteenth punk festival, these compilations should plug some gaps.

THE  DAMNED

Like the other five volumes in the series, Indie Scene 1980 features well-known bands of the time like Joy Division (the burbling Krautrock drive of "These Days"), Echo & the Bunnymen ("Pictures on My Wall"), Bauhaus ("Dark Entries"), and the Dead Kennedys (the lone American entry with "California Über Alles").

THE  COMSAT  ANGELS

Others, while not as well recognized, are just as key to the compilation's quality. Wah!'s "Seven Minutes to Midnight" is the Liverpool group's finest moment, a gnashing romp of barely controlled frenzy. Swell Maps' "Let's Build a Car" is a gnashing romp of uncontrolled frenzy but certainly isn't any less riveting.

THE  BEAT

The Associates' "The Affectionate Punch" shows the Scottish duo in one of its earlier moments, demonstrating that -- as with the pair's prime influences, David Bowie and Roxy Music -- flash and substance can go hand in hand.

THE  ASSOCIATES

Other contributions come from German electro-industrial pioneers D.A.F. ("Kebabtraume"), the early Modern English ("Gathering Dust"), the Fall ("Totally Wired"), Holly & the Italians ("Tell That Girl to Shut Up"), Simply Red precursors the Frantic Elevators ("You Know What You Told Me"), and the rather laughable Dead or Alive precursors Nightmares in Wax ("Birth of a Nation").
By Andy Kellman

Various – The Indie Scene 80
Label: Connoisseur Collection – IBM LP 80
Series: The Indie Scene – 80
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Industrial, Indie Rock, Punk, New Wave, Goth Rock

SIDE A.

A1. Echo And The Bunnymen – Pictures On My Wall   2:51
A2. Joy Division – These Days  3:28
A3. Wah! – Seven Minutes To Midnight  3:29
A4. Bauhaus – Dark Entries  3:52
A5. Nightmares In Wax – Birth Of A Nation    5:05
A6. Woodhead Munro – Mumbo Jumbo  3:14

SIDE B.

                 

B1. Spizzenergi – Where's Captain Kirk?  2:30
B2. Holly And The Italians – Tell That Girl To Shut Up  3:03
B3. The Associates – Affectionate Punch  3:31
B4. It's Immaterial – Young Man  2:56
B5. The Frantic Elevators – You Know What You Told Me    1:41
B6. The Q Tips – SYSLJFM (Live)  2:55

SIDE C.

C1. Cabaret Voltaire – Silent Command  4:12
C2. D.A.F. – Kebabtraume  3:35
C3. Fad Gadget – Ricky's Hand  4:08
C4. Modern English – Gathering Dus  4:20
C5. The Tea Set – Parry Thomas  4:45

SIDE D.

                           

D1. Swell Maps – Let's Build A Car  3:06
D2. Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles  3:05
D3. The Adicts – Easy Way Out  3:09
D4. The Normil Hawaiians – The Beat Goes On  2:58
D5. The Fall – Totally Wired  3:26

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The Indie Scene 1977 HERE 

The Indie Scene 1978 HERE CD1   CD2

The Indie Scene 1979 HERE

The Indie Scene 1980 HERE

The Indie Scene 1981 HERE 

Cocteau Twins: Treasure Hiding (The Fontana Years) 2018

 

They were a phenomenon. Not necessarily the kind that plays to stadiums or fills MTV's timeslots or

even sells millions of records. Rather, the kind that quietly causes a fundamental shift in perception, exerting a seminal influence that is universally felt if not always seen. Even after having called it quits in 1998—ending a 15-year career together that was impressive by any measure—their mark continues to be recognized everywhere, and legions of fans still hunger for more. But more is not likely to come soon. They emerged fully formed from the post-punk shadows and developed a sound that would become the gold standard for enigmatic, ethereal indie-pop.
                           

Cocteau Twins' sound on their first three recordings relied on the combination of Heggie's rhythmic basslines, Guthrie's minimalist guitar melodies, and Fraser's voice. The band's next full-length LP

record, Head over Heels, relied solely on the latter two, following Heggie's amicable departure after the tour that followed the release of Peppermint Pig (he would later join Lowlife). This led to the characteristic Cocteau Twins sound: Fraser's voice, by turns ethereal and operatic, combined with increasingly effects-heavy guitar playing by Guthrie (who has often said that he is far more interested in the way the guitar is recorded than in the actual notes being played, though he later admitted that his reliance on effects and layering was initially due to his own technical limitations).
                                                 

With Raymonde, the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs that explored their new style. These included The Spangle Maker (1984), Treasure (1984), Aikea-Guinea (1985), Tiny

Dynamine (1985), Echoes in a Shallow Bay (1985), and Love's Easy Tears (1986). Raymonde, who was called in to work on the second album by This Mortal Coil, did not participate in the recording of the fourth Cocteau Twins LP, Victorialand (1986), a predominantly acoustic record which featured only Guthrie and Fraser. Raymonde returned to the group for The Moon and the Melodies (1986), a collaboration with ambient composer Harold Budd, which was not released under the Cocteau Twins name.
                                          

In 1985 4AD signed an agreement with Relativity Records for distribution of Cocteau Twins releases in the US and other territories. To commemorate the event, the compilation The Pink Opaque (1985) was released as a way of introducing the new, broader audience to the band's back catalogue. In the midst of

recording their ninth proper LP as a group—the follow-up to the 1996 release Milk & Kisses—Cocteau Twins decided "enough was enough." Elizabeth Fraser, the group's beguiling, singularly distinctive singer, took her leave and moved away from London to pursue a promising solo career. Her long-time collaborators—Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde—continue to focus on their own musical pursuits. Simon's solo work and involvement in developing new talent and Robin's new project, Violet Indiana—along with their successful independent record label, Bella Union—have proven that life beyond Cocteau Twins can be fruitful indeed.
                             

It is ironic, of course, that Bella Union should have been founded as a vehicle for Cocteau Twins music. It was so named in honor of the trio's success and determination to stay together through difficult

circumstances, to continue to make music that defied description and ignored prevailing music trends. Music that transcended boundaries into a realm uniquely their own. But change, as they say, is inevitable, and even such stunning beauty as that created by Cocteau Twins could not—and, perhaps should not—go on indefinitely. But their music and their contribution to the art form, thankfully, will last forever. Cocteau Twins are among the very few artists whose music withstands the test of time: even in 2001, an eleven year-old Cocteau Twins song like "Fifty-fifty Clown" sounds as fresh and new as if it were recorded only yesterday.
                                 

Devoted fans and newcomers alike are sometimes filled with questions about this often-mysterious, sometimes media-shy trio, who were influential in not only defining the post-punk sound of the 1980's (and 4AD in the process) but also influenced generations of musicians in the 1990's and beyond. To-date, they have been cited as notable influences by such diverse artists as Prince, Madonna, Annie

Lennox and Perfect Circle, not to mention bands such as Slowdive, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Chapterhouse and Curve (just to name a few), who all worked in musical territory pioneered by Cocteau Twins. As recently as 2000—nearly twenty years after Robin and Liz first started to make music with their friend Will Heggie in a small, dirty industrial town in Scotland—a two-CD collection of radio show performances (BBC Sessions) was released on Bella Union in conjunction with the BBC. That was followed in late 2001 by an eighteen-track digitally remastered retrospective from 4AD entitled Stars and Topsoil, which chronicled highlights from their career with their long-time record label from 1982 to 1990.
                                 

The story continued in 2003, as remastered early LPs Garlands, Head Over Heels, Treasure and Victorialand were reissued by 4AD. In 2005—an ill-fated year in which the band nearly reunited—4AD

released a new limited-edition box-set, Lullabies to Violaine, a compilation of digitally remastered EPs, singles and b-sides spanning the entire Cocteau Twins catalog (including non-4AD music) from 1982 to 1996. So, like a compilation of songs from various records, this chronological series of articles is intended to give the reader some insight and perspective on Cocteau Twins, and document the span of their remarkable career together. Readers can look forward to a book-format biography of Cocteau Twins, written by fan extraordinaire Leesa Beales, which is due sometime in the near future.

ELIZABETH FRASER

Born: August 29, 1963 in Grangemouth, Scotland.

Liz is the vocalist and lyricist in Cocteau Twins, and co-founded the group in her hometown in 1981 with her long-time companion Robin Guthrie and their friend Will Heggie. At the time, she was all of 17 years-old, and had never really thought of herself as a singer. Robin and Will noticed her dancing at a club one night, and asked her to join their band. Her unique vocal stylings and mysterious, indecipherable lyrics have generated much debate over the years, but she has often been circumspect on the matter when asked about it. Now among the world's most acclaimed singers, she parted ways professionally with Cocteau Twins in 1998 to pursue her solo ambitions. Liz has appeared as a guest-vocalist on numerous other recordings with other artists, has performed for film soundtracks, and was invited by Peter Gabriel to lend her spectacular voice to the UK's "Milennium Dome Project" in 1999.

ROBIN GUTHRIE

Born: January 4, 1962 in Grangemouth, Scotland.

Robin is a co-founder of Cocteau Twins, and is one of the principal songwriters and musicians. Robin's unique style of guitar-playing and songwriting—not to mention his deft production skills in the recording studio—have earned him the respect of musicians throughout the world. Working at first with Will Heggie and, since, with Simon, Robin has played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and other instruments over the years, plus programming, sampling and sound processing. Robin shares duties with Simon as a partner in Bella Union Records, and he now works and lives in France with his wife, Florence, and their two children. He is also the proud father of Lucy Belle, his daughter with Liz.

SIMON RAYMONDE

Born: April 3, 1962 in Tottenham, England.

Simon, along with Robin, is a principal songwriter and musician in Cocteau Twins. Having joined Liz and Robin in 1984, Simon has helped shape the signature "Cocteau sound" since then - primarily with bass, guitar, and piano. Following the break-up of Cocteau Twins in 1997, Simon was the first to release a solo work, entitled Blame Someone Else, in 1998, which was widely praised by critics and fans alike. While Simon continues to focus a great deal of energy on Bella Union Records and its burgeoning stable of new artists, he has collaborated with other groups, including the Autumns and the Czars, while continuing to pursue his own musical interests.
                                 

OTHER MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Over the years, there have been several other musicians who have contributed to the music of the Cocteau Twins, usually during live performances.

WILL HEGGIE
BEN BLAKEMAN
BENNY DI MASSA
LINCOIN FONG
DAVE "PELF" PALFREEMAN
MITSUO TATE
HAROLD BUDD
FAYE WONG (WANGFEI)

                                            

Cocteau Twins – Treasure Hiding (The Fontana Years)
Label: Fontana – 5771558, UMC – 5771558
Format: Box Set, Compilation, Remastered
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Oct 12, 2018
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Downtempo, Ethereal, Dream Pop

DISC 1.    FOUR - CALENDAR CAFE

                                         

01. Know Who You Are At Every Age (Remastered 2006)    3:36
02. Evangeline (Remastered 2006)   4:27
03. Bluebeard (Remastered 2006)   3:53
04. Theft, And Wandering Around Lost (Remastered 2006)    4:28
05. Oil Of Angels (Remastered 2006)    4:36
06. Squeeze-Wax    (Remastered 2006)   3:45
07. My Truth (Remastered 2006)     4:31
08. Essence (Remastered 2006)    3:00
09. Summerhead (Remastered 2006)  3:36
10. Pur (Remastered 2006)   5:00

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DISC 2.   MILK AND KISSES

                                   

01. Violaine (Remastered 2006)    3:44
02. Serpentskirt (Remastered 2006)    3:56
03. Tishbite (Remastered 2006)    3:50
04. Half-Gifts (Remastered 2006)  4:18
05. Calfskin Smack (Remastered 2006)    4:58
06. Rilkean Heart  (Remastered 2006)    4:01
07. Ups (Remastered 2006)  3:35
08. Eperdu  (Remastered 2006)    4:41
09. Treasure Hiding  (Remastered 2006)    4:53
10. Seekers Who Are Lovers  (Remastered 2006)    4:38

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DISC 3.   EPs AND RARITIES

                                             

01. Mud And Dark    3:40
02. Summer-Blink    3:08
03. Winter Wonderland    2:50
04. Frosty The Snowman    2:54
05. Three Swept    3:35
06. Ice Pulse    3:44
07. Bluebeard (EP Version)    3:07
08. Rilkean Heart (EP Version)    2:21
09. Golden-Vein (EP Version)    2:50
10. Pink Orange Red (EP Version) 4:29
11. Half-Gifts (EP Version)    4:13
12. Feet Like Fins    5:30
13. Seekers Who Are Lovers (EP Version)    5:40
14. Violaine (EP Version)    5:06
15. Cherry-Coloured Funk (Seefeel Remix)    5:46
16. Tishbite (Single Version)    3:11
17. Primitive Heart    4:06
18. Flock Of Soul    3:35
19. Round    3:35
20. An Elan    4:35

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DISC 4.   SESSIONS AND RARITIES

                                            

01. Smile    4:25
02. Tranquil Eye    3:53
03. Circling Girl    3:32
04. Alice    4:28
05. Circling Girl (Volume Magazine Version)    3:35
06. Touch Upon Touch (Volume Magazine Version)    4:06
07. Serpentskirt (Mark Radcliffe BBC Session)    3:46
08. Golden-Vein (Mark Radcliffe BBC Session)    2:45
09. Half-Gifts (Mark Radcliffe BBC Session)    3:49
10. Seekers Who Are Lovers (Mark Radcliffe BBC Session)    4:22
11. Calfskin Smack (Robert Elms BBC Session)    4:26
12. Fifty-Fifty Clown (Robert Elms BBC Session)    3:15
13. Violaine (Robert Elms BBC Session)    3:47

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Performer [Line Up] – Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde
Cello – Helen Thomas (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
Guitar [Additional Guitars On "Evangeline"] – Ben Blakeman, Mitsuo Tate
Viola – Fiona Griffith (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
Violin – Paul Costin (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Phil Boyden (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
Written-By, Producer – Cocteau Twins
                                      

Cocteau Twins on Urban Aspirines HERE

The Black Angels: The Black Angels (EP 2005) + Black Angel Exit (EP 2008) + Directions To See A Ghost (2008)

 

The Black Angels are an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. Formed in May 2004, taking their name from the classic The Velvet Underground tune "The Black Angel's Death Song," these Angels are far more than classic revisionists with extensive record collections. This is

heavy-duty psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Rolling Stones. The sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. Hailing from Austin, Texas, they initially comprised Stephanie Bailey (drums), Christian Bland (guitar), Alex Maas (vocals), Jennifer Raines (organ), and Nathan Ryan (bass), and took their name from a Velvet Underground classic, "The Black Angel's Death Song." The band's self-titled debut EP was released in late 2005.
                                                                        

After a string of North American dates in winter 2006, they readied themselves for a performance at the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in March. Their first couple of full-length albums --

April 2006's Passover and April 2008's Directions to See a Ghost -- were both, in the main, recorded at Erik Wofford's Austin, Texas-based Cacophony Recorders, a studio also used by other local and notable indie rock acts such as White Denim and Voxtrot. By the time the second record was issued, Raines had been replaced by multi-instrumentalist Kyle Hunt and the Black Angels were beginning to create a name for themselves on the live circuit among fans of '60s-inspired psych rock.
                                              

In late 2008, they performed as the backing band for former 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky

Erickson on a series of dates across the West Coast of the U.S. In 2010, they recorded a couple of collaborative tracks with UNKLE, one of which -- "With You in My Head" -- appeared on the soundtrack to that summer's multi-million-grossing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. This large-scale exposure led to their third album, September 2010's Phosphene Dream, becoming something of a breakthrough record when it hit the Top 50 of the Billboard chart immediately following its release.
                                       

Its companion piece, the Phosgene Nightmare EP, arrived in 2011, and in 2012, following Ryan's

departure, Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone became an auxiliary bandmember, filling in on guitar and occasionally bolstering their live sound with sitar. Released in 2013, Indigo Meadow was produced and mixed by Grammy-nominated fellow Texan John Congleton, and that release was soon followed by its own companion EP, April 2014's Clear Lake Forest.
                                           

As the band busied themselves with live work and helping to organize the increasingly popular Texas music gathering the Austin Psych Fest (later renamed Levitation), four years passed before the group released their next album, although the band didn't lie dormant during that time. They contributed to

Britain's Fuzz Club Records split-single series, providing the A-side "Molly Moves My Generation" to Sonic Jesus' B-side "Lost Reprise" in 2014. The following year they contributed "Waterloo Waltz" to Scion Audio Visual's Riley Hawk: Northwest Blow Out EP. 2017 saw the release of Death Song, which ranked with the Black Angels' heaviest work to date, and unveiled a new lineup, with longtime members Stephanie Bailey, Christian Bland, and Alex Maas joined by Jake Garcia (guitar, bass, and vocals) and Kyle Hunt (bass, guitar, and keyboards).

           

THE BLACK ANGELS EP 2005

                                                         

The Black Angels is the eponymous debut EP released by psychedelic rock band The Black Angels in October 2005 on the Light In The Attic Records label.

The Black Angels – The Black Angels
Label: Light In The Attic – LITA 017
Format:    CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                                           

01. Black Grease  (Guitar – Todd Keller)   4:36
02. The First Vietnamese War    3:33
03. Winter '68    2:41
04. Manipulation  (Guitar – Todd Keller)   5:58

THE FIRST VIETNAMESE WAR

                                                                   

You gave a gift to me
In my young age
You sent me overseas
And put the fear in me
And I ask what for now
Why me, why war?
And I ask what for now
Vietnam War?
Spent my time there by the shore

Oh, we got off that boat
Charlies everywhere
A lotta killin' and dying
And no one seems to care
I ask what for now
We say hell no
And I ask what for
Why me, why war?
And I spent my time there by the shore

Sixty thousand men died
While you were here
You came into our homes
And you took our kids
And you ask for more now
For this new war
And you ask for more now
Vietnam War
I spent my time there by the shore

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BLACK ANGEL EXIT EP 2008

                                     

Black Angel Exit is a limited edition bonus EP given away to those who pre-ordered the Black Angels release "Directions to See a Ghost". It was also sold at live shows on the Black Angel's 2008 North American Summer Tour.

The Black Angels – Black Angel Exit
Label: Light In The Attic – LITA 037
Format:    CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                                 

01. Surf City (Revisited)    5:14
02. Paladin's Last Stand    3:44
03. No Satisfaction    4:56
04. Black Angel Exit/Shine    9:28

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DIRECTIONS TO SEE A GHOST 2008

                                                

Directions to See a Ghost is the second album from rock band The Black Angels. It was released

digitally on April 15, 2008 by Light in the Attic Records. However, it was not until May 13 that the CD and 3xLP were released. Those who purchased the album digitally were given a code to download the album. On or after the date of release, it was to be brought back to the place of purchase in exchange for a hard copy of the album as well as a bonus four-song EP[11] Black Angel Exit. Moreover, Directions to See a Ghost features the song "Doves" also available on the "Doves" single 7" released the same day. Unlike the CD, the 3xLP contains bonus tracks "Surf City (Revisited)" and "Paladin's Last Stand."
                                           

Name yourselves after one of the Velvet Underground's most aggressively amelodic songs and package your second album in an op art burnt orange and chartreuse freakout and you'd better be able to deliver

the psych-drone goods. What's most impressive about the Black Angels' Directions to See a Ghost is that not only does the Austin-based sextet deliver like few bands have been able to manage since Spacemen 3 split -- see the dark, doomy "Science Killer" and the epic 16-minute closer "Snake in the Grass" for details -- but the group also leavens its heaviness with a functioning knowledge of pop hooks and how to deploy them: as a result, songs like "You in Color" and "You on the Run" not only buzz and howl in a manner suitable for nodding along, they're also unexpectedly catchy in a style reminiscent of Love or the Doors.
                                       

The sitar-laced two-chord stomp of "Never/Ever" sits comfortably alongside the post-punky desperation of "Doves," testament to the variety of sounds and moods the Black Angels squeeze out of their chosen idiom. This is the sort of psychedelia that space rockers and Nuggets fans alike can come together over.

The Black Angels – Directions To See A Ghost
Label: Light In The Attic – LITA 033
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: Apr 15, 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                                      

01. You On The Run    4:53
02. Doves    4:29
03. Science Killer    4:45
04. Mission District    5:12
05. 18 Years    5:26
06. Deer-Ree-Shee    5:49
07. Never / Ever    8:34
08. Vikings    4:38
09. You In Color    5:53
10. The Return    4:31
11. Snake In The Grass    16:13

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