Feeding the Flame＜限定盤＞

叙情派ネオ・サイケ/サイケデリック・ポスト・パンク短命バンド83年2NDがヴァイナル・リイシュー!!

80年英ワトフォードで結成、80年代前半のMIDNIGHT MUSICレーベルを代表した叙情派ネオ・サイケ/サイケデリック・ポスト・パンク短命バンドSAD LOVERS AND GIANTS。ギタリストのTRISTAN GAREL-FUNKはのちにSNAKE CORPSで活動しファンには知られていますが、ネオ・サイケ・シーンの中でも一際地味な存在に甘んじている彼ら。80年代の英国を静かに代表するカルト・バンドとしてDURUTTI COLUMNやJOY DIVISION、CHAMELEONSやTHE CURE並みに聴かれるべき名バンドです。
1983年にリリースされた2NDアルバムがSPITTLEよりヴァイナル・リイシュー!

Watford, England's Sad Lovers & Giants made few headlines but some strong LPs, arguably the best of which, and certainly the most somber, is this collection. Its deftly played and arresting post-punk songs are built around Tristan Garel-Funk and David Woods' subtle evocations of mood. Singer Garce Allard's voice is at once brittle-sounding but self-assured. Both factors complement the sophisticated musical structures of songs such as "Imagination" and "Sleep (Is for Everyone)." They should be one of their generation's more celebrated discoveries, but sat out time on a label much less fashionable than, say, Factory. The intricacy of Garel-Funk's guitar on "Big Tracks Little Tracks" certainly puts them on a par with the Durutti Column. "Your Skin and Mine" has an innate grandeur that, keeping indulgence at arm's length, conveys a sense of pain and isolation that echoes Joy Division. It's an album that argues for a reappraisal of one of the '80s' best-kept secrets. ~ Alex Ogg