LTM are pleased to announce a third reissue CD by the Room, the cult Liverpool alt pop band who released three albums and a slew of singles between 1980 and 1985. Formed by songwriter Dave Jackson and bassist Becky Stringer in 1979, the Room reaped critical acclaim with singles such as 'In Sickness and in Health' and 'Things Have Learned to Walk That Ought to Crawl', as well as the album Indoor Fireworks (1982) and several John Peel sessions for the BBC. This extended CD also includes three rare b-side tracks from singles, and reveals an expansive post-punk band cut from the same cloth as Echo and the Bunnymen, the Fall and Joy Division. The CD also includes six live tracks recorded in Vancouver on the band's first American tour in July 1981. On this date the band were joined by guest keyboard player Eric Drew Feldman, of Captain Beefheart's celebrated Magic Band. Indoor Fireworks offers 20 tracks in total, all remastered and running for 75 minutes. 2005.
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classic post punk
The Room's first album proper from 1982 is a minimalist masterpiece. Swirling Wem Copycat reverb laid over tumultuous drumscapes. Anxious guitar spikes, looped melodic basslines and existential crooning. The classic single 'Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought To Crawl' predicts The Smiths sound in its catchy adrenal headrush. 'No Dream' is like a rakish new wave Pink Floyd, stripped of artifice and pretention. Moody and dark but never depressing. If you like Interpol and the current post-punk influenced crop, do yourself a favour and listen to this.
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