Andy Partridge - My Failed Songwriting Career: Volume 1 Ep

Andy Partridge - My Failed Songwriting Career: Volume 1 EpWhen XTC finally downed guitars after the recording and release of "Wasp Star", their last album to date, one of Andy's ideas about what to do next, was to become a songwriter in the traditional sense, writing songs for others It was something he had been asked to do throughout the XTC years, but never had the time. Songs were written. Songs were sent. Sometimes speculatively, often specifically requested, many tailor made for an artist's

Which indeed it did

Vocal duties were split between long time vocalist Haruka Kamiyama and Traumatomy's current live vocalist Kirill Zarubin

Live Fall performances are always a pleasure because they seem to take what already made the Fall great and push it even a bit more into the rough and bloody uncharted wasteland that is drug scorched proto-punk and heady political poetry

Following the release of the Line of Deathless Kings album

's mature sound but also their ability to blend melancholy with melody

Now available on CD for the first time as well

Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful

Except they use thrash metal to do it

Archie Bell & The Drells

and you'll be almost inevitably transported to mankind's greatest adventure: the Moon landing and

The 2014 album was produced by hard music legend Kurt Ballou

on the UK based Moshi Moshi records