Wow! Moss Icon's discography is getting the uber deluxe treatment via the fine folks at Temporary Residence. A monster 3xLP set, this discography will be awesome.
In the mid-late 1980s, Moss Icon pioneered a progressive, highly emotive sound that stood in stark contrast to just about everything even remotely considered punk-rock at the time. In retrospect, they more resembled an inspired marriage of the bleak post-punk leanings of Joy Division with the raucous riffage of the Wipers, albeit considerably less accessible thanks to Moss Icon's more sinister tone, Tonie Joy's exploratory arrangements, and frontman Jonathan Vance's almost stream-of-conscious sociopolitical rampages. In the decades since Moss Icon's disbandment, bootlegged t-shirts and patches have been easier to come by than actual recordings, and the Internet is filled with misconceptions and misinformation, incidentally lending an enigmatic, almost mythical status to the band. Rather than attempt to pull back the curtain, this collection - compiling the group's entire official catalog - serves to permanently document the very important contributions of one very important group from a very formative era of underground music.
VINYL FORMAT INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD COUPON
- AB CLEAR / CD CLEAR w/ BLACK HAZE / EF BLACK (LTD. EDITION 200)
- AB WHITE / CD WHITE w/ BLACK HAZE / EF BLACK (LTD. EDITION 200)
Vinyl TRACK LISTING
SIDE A:
1. Mirror
2. I'm Back Sleeping, Or Fucking, Or Something
3. Divinity Cove
4. Locket
5. As Afterwards The Words Still Ring
SIDE B:
6. Lyburnum - Wit's End (Liberation Fly)
7. Cricketty Rise (Haverton Roads - Browns and Greens)
8. Happy (Unbounded Glory)
SIDE C:
9. Memorial
10. Moth
11. Guatemala
SIDE D:
12. Gravity
13. As Afterwards The Words Still Ring
14. Familiar Presides
SIDE E:
15. The Life
16. Kick The Can
17. Hate in Me
18. What They Lack
19. Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die
SIDE F:
(Custom vinyl etching, no audio)
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