Young Marble Giants Drum Machine

Young marble giants released just one full length studio album.

Young marble giants drum machine.

Brothers philip and stuart moxham started the band with philip s girlfriend allison statton in 1978. Available with an apple music subscription. The band emerged from the remains of a former band true wheel singer alison. 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.

They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take. No i don t think we would. Young marble giants sculpted a sparse sound in the muted monochromatic machinations of this charmingly unconventional abstract.

Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978. Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time. There was actually a virtual fourth member of the band a cousin of mine and phil s pete joyce. 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.

They subverted conventional pop rock methods by stripping both song construction and instrumentation. One of the quirkiest and most idiosyncratic groups to emerge from the early british new wave indie scene young marble giants from cardiff wales were not so much new wave in sound as in strategy. A jittery drum pattern a minimalist guitar. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take.

Extremely low tech drum machine effects and home made. The young marble giants slowly one by one emerge from the shadows. 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. Echoey and distant the sound builds now added by a dark soul joy division bass and finally alison statton s quiet pretty mellifluous voice.

Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978. 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. 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.