

The 7 tracks that make up Room To Live (Mark Riley’s last A great lyric features in Fortress/Deer Park ‘I had to walk through 500 European punks’ with album closer And This Day originally recorded as a 25 minute epic tour de force, sliced down to 10 minutes it remains the longest recording by the band. Hip Priest, as featured in Silence Of The Lambs, might not be your normal popular soundtrack filler, quite the opposite with some troubling, meteorological results. There is a punk edge to the opener The Classical, ‘message for ya! message for ya!’ screeches Smith, Jawbone and the Air Rifle fires bang on target with dangerous guitar riffs and frenzied pace changes. Would have stuck two fingers back in their direction. Would have turned their noses up at something like this. The former saw theĭebut of the killer combination of dual drummers with low fi production with theĬryptic lyrics of Smith, the release has stood the test of time, being one of Room To Live were originally released via Kamera Records. This collection is as you would expect from The Fall.
PIECES 1982 BOX SET PLUS
Featuring 2 acclaimed albums, aĬlutch of session tracks and 2 live albums plus a fresh 4,000 word essay byĭaryl Easlea, this collection is a majestically compiled dive into the vaultsįeaturing jagged edgy guitar with simmering scowling vocals Long line of forthcoming releases is ‘1982’. Mark E Smith and The Fall are currently having their backĬatalogue reassessed by Cherry Red Records.
