The Rods - In the Raw - Hot Pink / Black Bi-Color

The Rods - In the Raw - Hot Pink / Black Bi-Color"The Rods are not a band for the squeamish; just turn it loud and watch the heads fly," ran the review of The Rods' fourth album 'In The Raw' in Sounds on it's release in March 1983. And the reviewer did indeed have a point. 'In The Raw' is one of The Rods' most exciting albums and one that shows what a band can do when it's released from the commercial expectations of a record label. Ten songs from this session were released as 'In The Raw', an album

Nim Quartet

Matlock went on to form several well-regarded bands including Rich Kids (with Midge Ure)

the sound of an auspicious horizon

tracks feature original 60's era drummer LLOYD KNIBB

the band-vocalist Marc LaBelle

" The clarity with which Wauters approaches these subjects lyrically is reflected in the music as well

Pressed on standard black vinyl

Vocalist Michael Monroe calls this release "the longest and slowest album project ever

It features Charlotte Gainsbourg

and the revised version is tighter and thinner in texture than the original version of 1913

1995s A Secret Life received it's only vinyl issue in Greece

almost shoegaze pop feel