Yet, it was with their debut album, One, that Riverside truly soared, embodying the essence of spectral reverberations reminiscent of Echo & the Bunnymen, and the heartfelt yearnings akin to The Smiths. Their sound, however, was distinctly American in its raw passion, an echo of an era that if transplanted to the misty landscapes of Scotland, would have found kinship with the likes of The Lightning Seeds and Belle and Sebastian.

In an age when grunge’s gritty realism dominated the airwaves, Riverside stood as anachronistic heroes, champions of melodic grace in an industry veering towards the jagged edges of rebellion. Yet, the album One remained a steadfast testament to the timeless allure of melody, infused with a British sensibility and the soulful depth of Philadelphia.

The album’s tracks, like Cinnamon Eyes and Waterfall, became anthems of a generation, echoing through the halls of college radio and flickering across the screens of a darker MTV landscape. Cinnamon Eyes, with its buoyant, shimmering jangle-pop reverie and playful percussive beat, captures the essence of an unabashed love song, while Waterfall, with its cascading melodic guitar hooks that flow like their namesake, accompanied by chime-like guitar accents that dance in the wind, perfectly encapsulates the earnestness of a golden era straddling the early ’80s post-punk and the burgeoning alternative rock scene.

The album One stands as a sanctuary for the hopeless romantics and dreamers, a portal to a golden-hued era of alternative rock, its timeless sound never fading into obscurity but rather aging like fine wine, growing more profound with each listen.

In recent years, Riverside has rekindled the flames of their legacy, gracing stages alongside The Ocean Blue in sold-out reunion shows, with whispers of more to come in 2024. In a thrilling development, Riverside has partnered with Lost in Ohio to bring One to vinyl, a first for this cherished debut. This Kickstarter-funded reissue is a call to arms for those who wish to hold a piece of music history in their hands, complete with t-shirts, posters, and a dive back into the riverside of yesteryears.

With the March 1st deadline approaching, the band’s Kickstarter campaign is a call to action for those interested in contributing to the revival of the band’s legacy.

Find the link to the Kickstarter link for Riverside’s project to reissue their debut album, One, on vinyl here.

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Four decades on, Soft Cell’s inaugural full-length offering, “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret,” still demands its place in the limelight as a beacon in the world of decadent electronic cadence and synth-pop. Drawing from the moody overtones of post-punk, the lilting notes of French chanson, the soulful echoes of America, gritty drama, and seedy nightlife, this album—after all these years—has themes that flirtatiously wink at the past while nodding to the now. It’s carved a path for many a synth-armed duo, stitching together the mysterious with a pop garnish that heralded a fresh era.

Unveiled to the world in those halcyon days of November of ’81, this collection of ten tracks, as Almond so eloquently describes, “tells a story of a bored ordinary bloke seething with his life wanting more and looking for excitement and adventure in a red neon lit Soho world of red-light cabarets, prostitutes and sex dwarves, looking back at his youth and wondering what happened.”

“Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” blessed us with melodies that defined the era: the ubiquitous Tainted Love (oh, the anthem of ’81!), the poignant Bedsitter, and the bittersweet farewell of Say Hello Wave Goodbye. Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret captured the initial essence of Soft Cell, a decidedly pop chapter.  By 1982, that chapter closed, making way for something a tad more… nocturnal. “We were done and dusted with that. The next one, was much darker,” Dave Ball reminisces.  “All very weird and extreme, from living in a council flat and suddenly you’re flying on Concorde to New York.”

The popularity of  Soft Cell’s sensuous, unapologetically queer take on Gloria Jones’ soul-soaked Tainted Love across the pond cannot be overstated. Staying atop the Billboard Hot 100 for an astonishing 43 consecutive weeks, the song opened American ears to the likes of The Cure and Depeche Mode.

Now, Mercury-EMI / UMR is celebrating Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret with various supplementary extras and rarities. The 6-CD, 98-track Super Deluxe Edition is the ultimate version of the album and features 40 unreleased pieces.

CD1 features Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, newly remastered in 2023 by Barry Grint, plus the A & B sides in their original 7” versions, including Torch, What!, the band’s first Phonogram single A Man Could Get Lost and Memorabilia produced by Mute’s Daniel Miller along with the 2016 edit of Fun City and a new edit of Persuasion, both only released on 12” at the time.

CD2 Non-Stop Extended Cabaret contains the entire album in extended 12” form, made up of Dave Ball’s 2018 studio reworkings of the album using only the original studio parts, plus the original “Bedsitter” 12” which all parties agreed just could not be improved upon. Also featured are new remixes of “Memorabilia” by techno legend The Hacker, Mute founder Daniel Miller, and a new Dave Ball extended of “A Man Could Get Lost.”

CD3 entitled Non-Stop Eclectic Cabaret is a treasure trove of rarities including BBC session highlights, a selection of demos, outtakes, audio from BBC TV and radio appearances on The Richard Skinner Show, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Top Of The Pops / Top Of The Pops 2 and The Oxford Road Show as well as selections from Heat: The Remixes, including Richard X’s now legendary version of “Seedy Films.”

CD4 is Non-Stop Instrumental Cabaret, which presents the full album instrumentally for the first time and six original 1981 demos, five of which are previously unreleased. These demos include a Daniel Miller-produced version of “Tainted Love,” “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye,” and a version of “Sex Dwarf,” which was previously presumed lost.

CD5 brings together the original 12” A and B-sides of 1981 and 1982 under the banner Non-Stop Original Cabaret, including “Memorabilia,” “Tainted Love,” “Say Hello Wave Goodbye,” and the standalone singles “Torch” and “What!.” Soft Cell were rightly hailed in their day for pouring their creative efforts and energies into the extended form, and these pioneering sides have become legendary.

CD6 includes the album performed live in full, plus “Torch” and “Memorabilia,” recorded live at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo in November 2021. There are also three tracks from the band’s jubilant London O2 Arena show in September 2018.

Included in the beautiful 10” x 10” package housing the deluxe edition, is an essay on the story of the album by Adrian Thrills, including new interviews with Marc and Dave as well as full song lyrics, contemporary photography along, album, and single sleeve scans, and compiler’s credits from Chris Smith.

The 6-disc super deluxe edition is the ultimate representation of an album that defined a genre and a decade. Soft Cell is still active, touring and releasing new music. Their latest album, Happiness Not Included, is the first in 20 years. Additionally, they received great reviews for their collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys, Purple Zone, last year. As Marc Almond describes their enduring of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: “Dave and I will carry on being creative, but it will be hard for us to produce another record that’s loved in quite the same way as Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was loved.”

The Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret deluxe edition is set to be released on October 20th. See the full tracklisting for the CD and Vinyl edition below.

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Soft Cell’s Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 6 CD Expanded Edition:

CD1: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: 2023 Remaster + Singles, B-Sides & Edits

1. Frustration
2. Tainted Love
3. Seedy Films
4. Youth
5. Sex Dwarf
6. Entertain Me
7. Chips On My Shoulder
8. Bedsitter
9. Secret Life
10. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
11. Memorabilia (Single Version)
12. A Man Could Get Lost (Single Version)
13. Persuasion (Edit of 12” Single B-Side)
14. Where Did Our Love Go? (Single B-Side)
15. Facility Girls (Single B-Side)
16. Fun City (Edit of 12” Single B-Side)
17. Torch (Single Version)
18. Insecure Me (Single B-Side)
19. What! (Single Version)
20. …So (Single B-Side)

CD2: Non-Stop Extended Cabaret: Full-Length Versions & New Remixes

1. Frustration (Extended Version)
2. Tainted Love (2021 10″ Extended Version)
3. Seedy Films (2023 Extended Version)
4. Youth (2018 ‘Wasted On The Young’ Extended Version)
5. Sex Dwarf (2023 Extended Version)
6. Entertain Me (2023 Extended Version)
7. Chips On My Shoulder (2018 Extended Version)
8. Bedsitter (1981 Original 12” Mix)
9. Secret Life (2018 Extended Version)
10. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (2018 Dave Ball ‘Lateral Mix’)
11. A Man Could Get Lost (2023 Extended Version)
12. Memorabilia (Daniel Miller 2023 Remix)
13. Memorabilia (The Hacker 2023 Remix)

CD3: Non-Stop Exotic Cabaret: Curios, Rarities, Sessions & Alternate Mixes

1. Frustration (Original ‘Mutant Moments’ Version)
2. Tainted Love (New 2023 Version)
3. Seedy Films (Richard X Remix)
4. Youth (Dave Ball ‘Warhol Funeral’ Mix)
5. Sex Dwarf (Live On BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ 4th February 1982)
6. Entertain Me (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981)
7. Chips On My Shoulder (Live From ‘The Oxford Road Show’ 22nd January 1982)
8. Bedsitter (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981)
9. Secret Life (George Demure Remix)
10. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Live From ‘The Oxford Road Show’ 22nd January 1982)
11. A Man Could Get Lost (Live at Leeds Warehouse, 16th July 2018)
12. Torch (Live from ‘Top Of The Pops 2’, 28th January 2002)
13. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (US Radio Edit)
14. Seedy Films (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981)
15. Youth (Live On BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ 4th February 1982)
16. Chips On My Shoulder (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981)
17. Tainted Love (Live from ‘Top Of The Pops’ 1981 Reunion, 2001)
18. Bedsitter (‘Flexipop’ Version)
19. Memorabilia (2023 Dub Mix)
20. Tainted Love (Aborted 1981 Studio Take)

CD4: Non-Stop Instrumental Cabaret: Instrumentals & Bonus Demos

1. Frustration (Instrumental)
2. Tainted Love (Instrumental)
3. Seedy Films (Instrumental)
4. Youth (Instrumental)
5. Sex Dwarf (Instrumental)
6. Entertain Me (Instrumental)
7. Chips On My Shoulder (Instrumental)
8. Bedsitter (Instrumental)
9. Secret Life (Instrumental)
10. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Single B-Side Instrumental)
11. A Man Could Get Lost (Original Daniel Miller Instrumental Version)
12. Torch (Instrumental)
13. What! (Instrumental)
14. Insecure Me (Instrumental)
15. Tainted Love (Original 1981 Daniel Miller Demo)
16. Seedy Films (Original 1981 Demo)
17. Sex Dwarf (Original 1981 Demo)
18. Chips On My Shoulder (Original Demo)
19. Secret Life (Original 1981 Demo)
20. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Original 1981 Demo)

CD5: Non-Stop Original Cabaret: The 1981 / 1982 12” Mixes & B Sides

1. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go? (Original 12″ Version)
2. Memorabilia (Original 12″ Version)
3. Torch (Original 12″ Version)
4. What! (Original 12″ Version)
5. Tainted Dub (Original Version)
6. Persuasion (Original 12″ Version)
7. Facility Girls (Original 12″ Version)
8. Fun City (Original Version)
9. Insecure Me (Original 12″ Version)
10. …So (Original 12″ Version)

CD6: Non-Stop Intimate Cabaret: Live In Concert, London 2021 & 2018

1. Frustration (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
2. Tainted Love (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
3. Seedy Films (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
4. Youth (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
5. Sex Dwarf (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
6. Entertain Me (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
7. Chips On My Shoulder (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
8. Bedsitter (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
9. Secret Life (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
10. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
11. Memorabilia (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
12. A Man Could Get Lost (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
13. Persuasion (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
14. Where Did Our Love Go? (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
15. Facility Girls (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
16. Fun City (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
17. Torch (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
18. Insecure Me (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
19. What! (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)
20. …So (Live at The O2 London, 30th November 2018)

Soft Cell’s Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 2-LP Expanded Edition. Available in black vinyl and limited edition yellow/blue vinyl.

Side A

1. Frustration
2. Tainted Love
3. Seedy Films
4. Youth
5. Sex Dwarf

Side B

1. Entertain Me
2. Chips On My Shoulder
3. Bedsitter
4. Secret Life
5. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Side C

1. Memorabilia (Single Version)
2. A Man Could Get Lost (Single Version)
3. Persuasion (Edit of 12” Single B-Side)
4. Where Did Our Love Go? (Single B-Side)
5. Facility Girls (Single B-Side)
6. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Single B-side, Instrumental)

Side D

1. Fun City (Edit of 12” Single B-Side)
2. Torch (Single Version)
3. Insecure Me (Single B-Side)
4. What! (Single Version)
5. …So (Single B-Side)

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But what’s even more fascinating is the story behind the record’s artwork. Designed by the legendary Peter Saville, the die-cut sleeve was a nod to the look of computer floppy disks, making it a must-have for fans. However, the cost of manufacturing the intricate design was so high that the band actually lost money on each one.

And as if celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Blue Monday” wasn’t enough, New Order has just announced that they’ll be headlining at Primavera Sound in both Barcelona and Madrid. They’ll share the stage with an incredible lineup that includes recent tour mates Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Halsey, Rosalia, and Calvin Harris, among others.

But before they hit Spain, New Order is taking the US by storm with a string of shows surrounding their appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Fans in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, and New Orleans are in for a real treat.

Zachery Allan Starkey is currently opening for New Order for some of their US tour dates this spring. His unique musical style, influenced by Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, and Lou Reed, draws from multiple genres to make a statement about the modern world through his critically acclaimed LP, FEAR CITY, which features collaborations with Bernard Sumner.

Check out the full list of New Order live dates below.

New Order US Tour Dates:

• 9th March – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
• 11th March – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
• 13th March – Austin, TX – ACL Live @ Moody Theatre (SXSW)
• 16th March – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
• 18th March – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater

Europe:

• 1st June – Barcelona – Primavera Sound
• 8th June – Madrid – Primavera Sound
• 10th June – Parque da Cidade – Portugal – Primavera Sound

We feel so extraordinary

New Order join the Primavera Sound 2023 lineup!

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— Primavera Sound (@Primavera_Sound) March 7, 2023

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There were disparate tribes in London that I think the Batcave brought together, because there would be the punky types, the Gothy types, there were also the rockabillys, skinheads… there was a definite tribal thing.

Every decent goth knows the wonderous lure of the Batcave. Hell, even those who merely dabble into the darker aspects of the 1980s know the legend of the Gargoyle Club on 69 Dean Street in London. It’s the birthplace of goth as we know it, a catatonic blend of styles and sounds, looks that were glamorous yet camp, and props that would be just as cozy in a haunted house. But the real story—the in depth story with all the raunchy details—has never been revealed until now.

‘Young Limbs Rise Again’, the story of The Batcave Nightclub 1982-1985 is a collection that maps out the history of the goth subculture one song and story at a time. With over 90 tracks on the CD release, 62 on the 6 LP set and 20 on the 2 LP release, Young Limbs Rise Again is the comprehensive Batcave guide.

The choice of music by Hamish was fantastic. I remember a lot of Cramps, Bauhaus, Bowie, Iggy, Siouxsie & the Banshees. Nights at the Batcave were hot, lots of drinks and other goodies, beautiful youth, incestuous fun, lots of noise and adrenalin, laughing and bickering also… It was a great buzz, innovative and daring.

Hamish Macdonald, the Batcave DJ and frontman of Sexbeat, set the mood within the walls of the foggy (and strawberry-scented) club. The Young Limbs Rise Again boxsets disclose all of Hamish’s favorite and essential tracks—”We had this rule: no soul, funk or disco”—that include songs by goth staples such as The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Virgin Prunes, and Killing Joke. But there’s also proto-goth and glammy tracks from artists such as New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Suicide and Mick Ronson.

The Batcave’s live performances were paramount as well: the club hosted legendary artists such as Christian Death and Marc and the Mambas, while it ricocheted bands like Alien Sex Fiend and Specimen into the vast expanses of the subculture’s history. Stories about the popularity and importance of the club is divulged via the accompanying 80-page hardback book—which is just as crucial as the compilation. From unseen photos of club go-ers, to an extensive breakdown of artwork and flyers, as well as information about the Batcave at NYC’s own Danceteria, the book is a goldmine of art, inspiration and history.

Out on February 24th. Pre-order here: https://batcave.lnk.to/younglimbs

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In celebration of Exploding Head (13^th Anniversary Edition), the current members of A Place To Bury Strangers went into Death Castle on Sept. 25^th to film a special live performance of Exploding Head…the entire original 10-track album from start to finish. APTBS will also be performing songs off the album on tour in Asia (Nov.) and Europe (Jan./Feb.) Click here for a full list of dates and to purchase tickets.

Filmed by Ebru Yildiz and Mitchell King, with visuals by Heather Bickford, the recording proves the album has lost none of its intensity or power and serves as a timely reminder why the band (vocalist/guitarist Oliver Ackermann, bassist John Fedowitz and drummer Sandra Fedowitz is known for their explosive live performances with all-consuming visuals.

Watch the exhilarating live performance below:

Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2003, A Place To Bury Strangers emerged on the scene out of Oliver Ackermann’s psychotropic vision. Combining post-punk, noise-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, and avant-garde music, APTBS has been delighting and astonishing audiences for close to two decades. The band is known for their vicious live performances overloaded with all-consuming visuals, experimental sonic warfare, and treacherous stage antics.

Leading up to Friday’s (10/21) anniversary release, APTBS released two singles (accompanied by new videos for each), including the previously unreleased B-side “Take It All” and “Don’t Save Your Love (2022 Remaster),” as well as dropped a trailer for the album (watch here). APTBS also put together an Exploding Head centric playlist for their fans, titled Exploding Hits (listen here).

The limited-edition 2-LP set (available exclusively at the band’s web store) is pressed on transparent clear wax and housed in a numbered gatefold sleeve, featuring newly designed artwork, 12” original cover art, and new liner notes by music journalist Tris McCall. The 2-CD set is housed in a reverse board 6-panel DigiFile and features a 16-page booklet with newly designed artwork, as well as McCall’s liner notes. In addition, a 1-LP Standard Edition is being offered, featuring the newly remastered original 10-track album, pressed on transparent red wax.

In conjunction with the anniversary release, Ackermann’s hand-made effects pedal company Death By Audio announced their new EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal and limited-edition EXPLODING HEAD BUNDLE (500 units worldwide) on Friday (10/21),  in partnership with Reverb.com, which sold out in less than 24 hours. The bundle included the limited-edition 2-LP set of Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition), the EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal (seen below), “Ego Death” enamel pin, “Deadbeat” iron-on patch, “Exploding Head’ guitar pick, 18”x24” foldout lyric poster w/artwork, and glow-in-the-dark-sticker.

Death By Audio’s EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal (watch demo here) resurrects the spine-tingling digital echoes of the long-dormant Ghost Delay pedal with expanded controls and a streamlined, ultra-small, pedalboard-friendly footprint. It’s the ultimate triple-delay dream maker/destroyer. Ackermann shares, “This pedal improves on the sound I used around the time I was writing and recording Exploding Head. I would do this trick where I’d link multiple delay lines to give the guitar this spooky, weird metallic sound. It’s more intense than a chorus and has a real, unnatural sound. That sound exists in the EXPLODING HEAD pedal and was key to many of the songs on the record.”

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Tracklist – Deluxe Edition (2-LP):

Side A

1. It is Nothing (2022 Remaster)
2. In Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
3. Lost Feeling (2022 Remaster)
4. Deadbeat (2022 Remaster)
5. Keep Sipping Away (2022 Remaster)

Side B

1. Ego Death (2022 Remaster)
2. Smile When You Smile (2022 Remaster)
3. Everything Always Goes Wrong (2022 Remaster)
4. Exploding Head (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (2022 Remaster)

Side C
1. Hit The Ground (2022 Remaster)
2. Girlfriend (2022 Remaster)
3. It’s A Fast Driving Rave Up With A Place To Bury Strangers (2022 Remaster)
4. Alive (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (demo) (2022 Remaster)*

Side D
1. Don’t Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)
2. Take It All (2022 Remaster)*
3. The Light (Love and Rockets cover) (2022 Remaster)
4. Tried To Hide (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) (2022 Remaster)
5. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover) (2022 Remaster)

* previously unreleased

Tracklist – Deluxe Edition (2-CD): 

Disc 1

1. It Is Nothing (2022 Remaster)
2. In Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
3. Lost Feeling (2022 Remaster)
4. Deadbeat (2022 Remaster)
5. Keep Slipping Away (2022 Remaster)
6. Ego Death (2022 Remaster)
7. Smile When You Smile (2022 Remaster)
8. Everything Always Goes Wrong (2022 Remaster)
9. Exploding Head (2022 Remaster)
10. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (2022 Remaster)

Disc 2
1. Hit The Ground (2022 Remaster)
2. Girlfriend (2022 Remaster)
3. It’s A Fast Driving Rave Up With A Place To Bury Strangers (2022 Remaster)
4. Alive (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (demo) (2022 Remaster)*
6. Don’t Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)
7. Take It All (2022 Remaster) (2022 Remaster)*
8. The Light (Love and Rockets cover) (2022 Remaster)
9. Tried To Hide (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) (2022 Remaster)
10. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover) (2022 Remaster)

* previously unreleased

Tracklist – Standard Edition (1-LP):

Disc 1

1. It Is Nothing (2022 Remaster)
2. In Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
3. Lost Feeling (2022 Remaster)
4. Deadbeat (2022 Remaster)
5. Keep Slipping Away (2022 Remaster)

Disc 2

1. Ego Death (2022 Remaster)
2. Smile When You Smile (2022 Remaster)
3. Everything Always Goes Wrong (2022 Remaster)
4. Exploding Head (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (2022 Remaster)

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The Virgin Years box set features the classic album Dare, the still-influential phoenix that rose from the ashes of the band’s influential and synth-heavy first incarnation, and also includes Fascination EP, Hysteria, Crash, and Romantic, on exciting new limited edition coloured vinyl.

In the Spring of 1983, the group released the six-track EP Fascination, which brought together the singles “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” in its extended forms, and “Mirror Man,” along with the classic b-sides “You Remind Me Of Gold,” “Hard Times, and I Love You Too Much.

The group re-recorded the latter track for the Hysteria album, which appeared in May 1984. The LP contained three hit singles “The Lebanon,” “Life On Your Own,” and “Louise.”

Two years later, the band would experiment even further by mostly recording the album Crash with the production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The gamble paid off, and it returned The Human League to the top of the US charts with the song Human.

After a break in 1988 for a multi-platinum selling greatest hits album, the group returned with Romantic?’which was yet another move forward with their sound, the hit single “Heart Like A Wheel” saw the band reunite with DARE producer Martin Rushent. However, after a dozen years with the label, it was to be their last album for Virgin. The band continues to record, have hits and tour the world to this day……but that’s a story for another boxset.

The box set comes out on the 11th of November and is available for pre-order now.

DARE – BLUE VINYL
Side 1
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Open Your Heart
The Sound Of The Crowd
Darkness
Do Or Die

Side 2
Get Carter
I Am The Law
Seconds
Love Actions (I Believe In Love)
Don’t You Want Me

FASCINATION – GREEN VINYL
Side 1
(Keep Feeling) Fascination
Mirror Man
Hard Times

Side 2
I Love You Too Much
You Remind Me Of Gold
(Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)

HYSTERIA – YELLOW VINYL
Side 1
I’m Coming Back
I Love You Too Much
Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again (Six Times)
Louise
The Lebanon

Side 2
Betrayed
The Sign
So Hurt
Life On Your Own
Don’t You Know I Want You

CRASH – RED VINYL
Side 1
Money
Swang
Human
Jam
Are You Ever Coming Back?

Side 2
I Need Your Loving
Party
Love On The Run
The Real Thing
Love Is All Matters

ROMANTIC? – CLEAR VINYL

Side 1
Kiss The Future
A Doorway?
Heart Like A Wheel
Men Are Dreamers
Mister Moon And Mister Sun

Side 2
Soundtrack To Generation
Rebound
The Stars Are Going Out
Let’s Get Together Again
Get Is Right This Time

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Wish, an album that charted number 1 in the UK, and number 2 on the US Billboard 100, was originally released in 1992 and featured the singles “Friday I’m In Love,” “High,” and “A Letter To Elise.”

The expanded edition of Wish continues The Cure’s campaign of deluxe editions of all their classic albums, following the release four years ago of the remix album Mixed Up, and 12 years after their last studio album, Disintegration, was reissued.

The deluxe edition of Wish is set for release on October 7th via UMC/Fiction/Polydor via CD, deluxe CD, black vinyl, and digitally, with the double vinyl edition to follow November 25th. Additionally, the band will include a replica cassette of Lost Wishes, the rare EP of four instrumental Wish outtakes that have only ever been released as a mail-order cassette via The Cure’s fan club.

The 3CD deluxe edition of Wish will include the original album, newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, on disc one.

Disc two features 21 previously unreleased demos, four of which are studio vocal demos from 1990 and 17 instrumental demos from 1991, nine of which are completely unreleased songs.

Disc three includes the Lost Wishes EP,  a collection of 4 songs that have never been released on CD or digitally. Also included is the previously unreleased song “A Wendy Band” from the band’s Manor Studio sessions in 1992, a previously unheard mix of “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea,” five 12-inch mixes, and a previously unreleased live version of “End” recorded in Paris in October of 1992.

On developing the songs on ‘Wish’ during demo sessions at The Live House in Cornwall that continued at Farmyard Studios in the Cotswolds. Robert Smith explains: “We got around 40 songs put down during those two sessions,” adding, “We were on fire!”

Listening to the album again in 2022 Smith notes: “There’s a side to the album which I had kind of forgotten, a very gentle, yearning thing which is quite beautiful.

”Trust’ is one of the best things we’ve ever done I think, it’s played with great feeling, and ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ is another gorgeous, melancholic piece… in fact it could well be my favourite song on the record.”

Smith also noted that while the original album “sounded excellent”, there was a glitch that made it onto the final record: “It was too late to do anything about it; the album was out, and we were off around the world again. It has really bugged for me for a very long time.”

During this year’s remastering process, the frontman was given the opportunity to fix the mistake. “It has taken 30 years, but finally, finally my Wish has come true.”

The full tracklist is below. Plus you can listen to “Uyea Sound” (Dim-D Mix) from the Lost Wishes cassette.:

The deluxe edition of Wish is out on October 7th, with the vinyl to follow on November 25th.

Pre-Order here.

The Cure, Wish: Deluxe Edition 3CD

DISC 1: Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
1. Open (6:51)
2. High (3:37)
3. Apart (6:38)
4. From The Edge of The Green Sea (7:44)
5. Wendy Time (5:13)
6. Doing The Unstuck (4:24)
7. Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
8. Trust (5:32)
9. A Letter To Elise (5:14)
10. Cut (5:55)
11. To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
12. End (6:45)

DISC 2: Demos – All previously unreleased versions
1. The Big Hand [1990 Demo] (4:38) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7”] 2. Cut [1990 Demo] aka “Away” (3:31) [final version appears on WISH] 3. A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo] aka “Cut” (5:01) [final version appears on WISH] 4. Wendy Time [1990 Demo] (5:13) [final version appears on WISH] 5. This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo] (3:25) [final version on B-side to High 7″] 6. Scared As You [Instrumental Demo] (2:33) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 12″] 7. To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo] (3:33) [final version appears on WISH] 8. Apart [Instrumental Demo] (3:38) [final version appears on WISH] 9. T7 [Instrumental Demo] (2:40) *
10. Now Is The Time [Instrumental demo] (2:20) *
11. Miss Van Gogh [Instrumental demo] (2:48) *
12. T6 [Instrumental Demo] (3:14) *
13. Play [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to High 12″] 14. A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 12″] 15. Halo [Instrumental Demo] (3:06) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 7″] 16. Trust [Instrumental Demo] (4:02) [final version appears on WISH] 17. Abetabw [Instrumental Demo] (2:26) *
18. T8 [Instrumental Demo] (2:17) *
19. Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo] (2:41) *
20. Swing Change [Instrumental Demo] (2:10) *
21. Frogfish [Instrumental Demo] (2:35) *

DISC 3: Lost Wishes / Studio Outtakes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased
1. Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix] (5:28 [from Lost Wishes MC 1993] 2. Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix] (5:22) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993] 3. Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix] (3:47) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993] 4. The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix] (4:12) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993] 5. A Wendy Band [Instrumental] (3:47) *
6. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix] (7:36) **
7. Open [Fix Mix] (6:51) [B-side to High 12″] 8. High [Higher Mix] (7:15) [High 12″] 9. Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix] (5:54)
10. Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix] (5:29) [Friday I’m In Love 12″] 11. A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix] (6:36) [A Letter To Elise 12″] 12. End [Paris Live 92] (8:38) **

* Unreleased track
** Unreleased version

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Initially, the tour was scheduled for 2020, but instead of hitting the road throughout the US and Canada, the band recorded a lockdown version of the album’s hit single “I Melt With You”.

Like most international touring bands, 2021 was too much of a risk to undertake, resulting in a second cancellation of dates, but now the band are finally ready to embark on their tour come in several legs throughout next year, beginning in March.

Modern English’s first live date across the Atlantic in 2022 is set to begin on March 5th in Port Canaveral, FL for the ’80s Cruise, with The Human League, Berlin, ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Morris Day & the Times, A Flock of Seagulls, and more.

The After the Snow tour’s first leg runs through Florida, and the southwest throughout March, with a pause until June.

The second leg begins in Portland on June 8th, running through cities on the west coast, with a stop at The Echo in Los Angeles on June 19th, before heading to Colorado, and circle back through the Midwest.

East Coast dates being in September, including stops at Asbury Park’s Asbury Lanes on September 8th NYC’s Sony Hall on the 13th, and three nights in West Springfield, MA at The Big E on the 16th.

See the full itinerary below, and find ticket and tour information here.

Modern English – 2022 After The Snow Tour Dates

March
05-11 – Port Canaveral, FL – The 80’s Cruise
12 – West Palm Beach, FL – Respectable St.
13 – Orlando, FL – The Social
16 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
19 – Houston, TX – Numbers
20 – Austin, TX – 3Ten Live
22 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey
23 – Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard
26 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress Plaza
27 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge

June
08 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
09 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door
10 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
11 – The Dalles, OR – Granada Theater
14 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
17 – Riverside, CA – The Concert Lounge
18 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
19 – Los Angeles, CA – Part-time Punks @ Echo
22 – Denver, CO – Soiled Dove
24 – Kansas City – Record Bar
26 – Crystal Lake, IL – Raue Center
28 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Café
30 – Three Oaks, MI – The Acorn

July
01 – Milwaukee, WI – TBA
02 – Evanston, IL – Space

September
07 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore
08 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
09 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
10 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House
13 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
14 – Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
16 – W. Springfield, MA – The Big E
17 – W. Springfield, MA – The Big E
18 – W. Springfield, MA – The Big E
20 – Pittsburgh – Crafthouse
22 – Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
24 – Buffalo, NY – Spirit of the 80’s

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Pat Fish, who performed as The Jazz Butcher for nearly four decades, has died at the age of 64. A post on Pat Fish’s official Facebook page states that the versatile and brilliant musician “died suddenly but peacefully yesterday evening.” On October 3rd, Fish was scheduled to perform a web concert, however at show time, Fish appeared live to inform his audience he was not feeling well and would be re-scheduling the performance for the following week. By means of explanation for his ill health, he offered that he had been suffering from sleep apnea. The cause of death is still unknown, and he had been battling poor health for some time, but his passing has left a major void amongst his friends, loved ones, and the music world.

“Very sad to announce that my old friend Pat Fish died suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday evening,” said friend and longtime collaborator Max Eider in a statement. “Pat rocked my world in every way and his death leaves a big hole in my life and in my memory, much of which was only stored in his outsized brain. Goodbye mate and thanks for everything. I’m going to miss you.”

Contemporaries and colleagues The Monochrome Set also paid tribute to their kindred spirit on their Facebook:

“A wonderful human being…he supported The Monochrome Set at their Tokyo gigs in 2014. He was also due to be a label mate as he’d recently finished recording his first album for Tapete. It’s devastating news.”

Born Patrick Huntrods in West London, Fish was ” too young to be a hippie and just a little too old to be a punk.” Pat Fish reminisced about growing up in an era where “the Bonzo Dog Band appeared on children’s television, Syd Barrett was on Top of the Pops and the Adult World was represented in shows like The Avengers and The Prisoner.” Fish moved early in his life to Northampton; he went on to study Classics at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1980. Oxford didn’t fuel his imagination too much, however, and he ended up traveling down a musical path, forming bands like Nightshift,  The Sonic Tonix, and the Institution, which featured Max Eider on guitar, Rolo McGinty (later of The Woodentops), and Jonathan Stephenson.

In North America, records like Bloody Nonsense and Distressed Gentlefolk became college radio staples before releasing a series of albums for Creation Records between 1988-1995.

Taking inspiration less from glam rock and more from Eno, Syd Barrett, John Cale, greaser rock and more obscure 70s artists, The Jazz Butcher debuted in Oxford on 20 February 1982 with Alice Thompson (The Woodentops), Owen Jones, and Max Eider. Fish went on to write and release fifteen albums of original music, three live albums and many singles and compilations, often collaborating with friends. Bauhaus/Love & Rockets bassist David J, members of The Woodentops, Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom, German band M Walking On The Water, Chelsea Paris, The Black Watch, and Max Eider all lent their talents to his stylings.

Listen to the wonderful offerings from The Jazz Butcher:

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Sofia Coppola’s film examining the Chanel Fall-Winter 2021/22 Haute Couture show will be revealed on July 6th at 3pm, Paris time. In the preview released by the fashion house, we were treated to the familiar strains of an interesting choice: 1984’s “Dazzle”, by Siouxsie and the Banshees, the second single from their sixth studio album, Hyæna.

“Quite a lot of this…came from visiting Israel for the first time,” Sioux told Melody Maker in 1992. ’The sea of fluid mercury’ in the lyric, is the Dead Sea.”

Set in the Palais Galliera, actress and model Margaret Qualley (daughter of Andie MacDowell) is highlighted by Neo-Renaissance architecture. Dazzling, indeed.

And watch the original video for Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Dazzle” below:

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