Alan Vega - Saturn Strip (Highlighter Yellow Vinyl)

Alan Vega - Saturn Strip (Highlighter Yellow Vinyl)Alan Vega's work with Suicide is revered by just about every electronic music artist who's tapped a keyboard or moved a mouse; his snarling, rockabilly styled vocals teamed with Martin Rev's ominous, repetitive soundscapes blazed a trail for post punk, synth pop, industrial rock, techno the list goes on. Vega's solo career substantially overlapped with his Suicide recordings; this 1983 release, his first for a major label (Elektra), was his bid for

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Any Friend Of Diane's

a country blues record that was made the right way - two feet on the ground and both hands getting dirty

Come Around

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

6 Lesson Learned

"Location"

Lubbock Woman

it suddenly wasn't

This persistence has to come from the fact that Leon Michels and company finished this record during the lockdown

Strange Astrology

it feels like the band is refocusing on possibility