Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth

Comparable to little else from its time or since this is rock music at its most austere.

Young marble giants colossal youth.

It s the archetype of bedroom made music. 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. Colossal youth was quite a phenomenon says byrne. Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about young marble giants colossal youth at discogs.

The band emerged from the remains of a former band true wheel singer alison. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1980 vinyl release of colossal youth on discogs. The original album had 15 songs. Produced by young marble giants.

From the 1980 album of the same name. Complete your young marble giants collection. Young marble giants colossal youth is a collection of sparse evocative tunes emphasizing alison statton s floating vocals and minimal guitar organ bass drum machine arrangements. Searching for mr right include me out the taxi eating noddemix constantly changing n i t a.

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 released just one full length studio album. But because it has that lack of slickness it really draws you in young marble giants split in 1980 with recognition and touring inflaming internal tensions. Subsequent cd editions added a few more.

If you think the world is a machine with one cog and that cog is you. Colossal youth young marble giants. Young marble giants were as cool and precious as a snowflake and just as perfect and individual and in colossal youth they produced a genuine lost classic a landmark album that has gone largely unheard and undiscovered.