Goth outfit The March Violets initially fashioned in Leeds again in 1981 and have been labelmates of The Sisters Of Mercy. The March Violets spectacular post-punk legacy stretches from Eighties BBC John Peel Sessions, indie chart success with 1982’s ‘Grooving In Green’, 1984’s ‘Snake Dance’ and 1986’s ‘Turn To The Sky’ (as featured within the John Hughes film, ‘Some Kind Of Wonderful’), all the best way to the twenty first century reunion, headlining festivals throughout Europe and the USA and storming Record Store Day 2021 with sell-out double album ‘Big Soul Kiss’.
As momentum and curiosity rose The March Violets for the primary time launched their full again catalogue, with worldwide distribution through Jungle Records….
‘The Big Soul Kiss’ double LP was launched for Record Store Day 2021 and offered out in in the future. It options twenty-three tracks recorded for John Peel and different BBC programmes over six separate periods broadcast by the BBC between 1982 and 1986 and contains 9 unreleased songs.
‘The Big Soul Kiss’ tracklisting:
Side One:
‘Radiant Boys’
‘Steam’
‘1 2 I Love You’
‘Grooving In Green’
‘Crow Bab’
‘The Undertow’
Side Two:
‘Strangehead’
‘Slow Drip Lizard’
‘Walk Into The Sun’
‘Deep’
‘Kill The Delight’
Side Three:
‘Big Soul Kiss’
‘Lights Go Out’
‘Love Hit’
‘Don’t Take It Lightly’
‘Electric Shades’
‘The Face Of The Dragonfly’
Side Four:
‘Snake Dance’
‘Deep’
‘High Times’
‘Close To The Heart’
‘South Country’
‘Avalanche Of Love’
If you missed out, it’s now available in yummy yellow vinyl, discover it HERE.
‘Play Loud Play Purple – The Complete Singles 1982-85 And More’ double LP incorporates each single the band ever launched on the Rebirth and Merciful Release labels between ‘82 and ‘85, of their authentic 7” variations. Plus three tracks from this century to convey The March Violets story updated.
‘Play Loud Play Purple’ tracklisting:
Side A:
‘Radiant Boys’
‘Religious As Hell’
‘Fodder’
‘Children On Stun’
‘Bon Bon Babies’
‘Grooving In Green’
Side B:
‘Steam’
‘Crow Baby’
‘1 2 I Love You’
‘Long Pig’
‘Snake Dance’
‘It’s Hot’
Side C:
‘Slow Drip Lizard’
‘Walk Into The Sun’
‘Lights Go Out’
‘Essence’
‘Deep’
Side D:
‘Eldorado’
‘Electric Shades’
‘Cut Down Pretty’
‘Road Of Bones’
‘Mortality’
This album might be situated HERE.
‘The Palace Of Infinite Darkness’ 5 CD boxset contains all of the tracks on each vinyl compilations plus prolonged single variations and likewise 2 CD’s of unreleased demo and reside rarities. The tracklisting and data on this launch might be discovered HERE.
The March Violets present lineup options founder-members (from 1981) Rosie Garland (performer, poet and creator) and Tom Ashton (guitarist, producer and studio proprietor) and they’re joined by William Faith (musician and vocalist with Faith & the Muse, Conflict and the Bellwether Syndicate) who first joined again in 2015.
They are engaged on their subsequent new album launch, however earlier than then the trio have introduced that they’re building onwards from their 40 yr legacy by enjoying 15 reside live performance dates in help of this and their again catalogue releases. 12 of those are in Europe and the remaining trio of concert events will likely be occurring within the UK. On twenty eighth October they’re very particular friends at ‘Tomorrows Ghosts Festival’ in Whitby, and two days earlier than that they are going to be enjoying at Facebar in Reading, and the day earlier than that on Wednesday twenty fifth October they are going to be enjoying Chalk in Pool Valley, Brighton. They will likely be joined on the Brighton gig by The Rose Of Avalanche, one among Leeds’ best bands and purveyors of such beauties as ‘L.A Rain’, ‘Always There’ and so on.. The band carried out final yr with The Mission they usually too have launched vinyl of the BBC periods – Find it HERE.
Tickets for The March Violets live performance in Brighton at Chalk on Wednesday twenty fifth October might be bought HERE and HERE.
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