They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take.
Young marble giants drum machine.
Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978 their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham.
No i don t think we would.
The young marble giants slowly one by one emerge from the shadows.
There was actually a virtual fourth member of the band a cousin of mine and phil s pete joyce.
Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978.
Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978.
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They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce.
They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce.
There was an element of liking the cheesiness of the drum machines a feature kurt cobain specifically approved of.
A jittery drum pattern a minimalist guitar.
Its one of those tracks which seemingly can only be made in a freezing early 80 s winter one part straight to hell by the clash one part song to the.
Echoey and distant the sound builds now added by a dark soul joy division bass and finally alison statton s quiet pretty mellifluous voice.
The band emerged from the remains of a former band true wheel singer alison.
Brothers philip and stuart moxham started the band with philip s girlfriend allison statton in 1978.
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They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take.
If drum machines hadn t been available do you think you would have found a drummer.
Extremely low tech drum machine effects and home made.
Using young marble giants style drum machine and melodic bass spike s violin is everywhere swooping all over the track whilst statton s vocal lead is plaintive and haunting.
Colossal youth is the only studio album by welsh post punk band young marble giants released in february 1980 on rough trade records young marble giants were offered the opportunity to record the album after rough trade heard just two songs by the band on the local cardiff music compilation is the war over.
Young marble giants sculpted a sparse sound in the muted monochromatic machinations of this charmingly unconventional abstract.
Young marble giants released just one full length studio album.
They subverted conventional pop rock methods by stripping both song construction and instrumentation.
