Clips that have a lasting impact on Turn Up The Volume’s eyes and ears…
‘Slowdive’ by SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Spellbinding and tribal! Like a voodoo dance…
Slowdive into me
Float high endlessly
Hearts will shake
Wide awake
From their rad 1982 ‘A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE‘ LP – stream it here
The best of the past…
Every week Turn Up The Volume! jumps into the past! Relive 25 Killer Crackers
and 3 Top Albums per year/per week. Here’s an eclectic year to remember: 1982
The 25 Killer Crackers
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The 3 Top Albums…
– A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE by SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES –
Stream here…
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– ‘Junkyard‘ by THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
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– Upstairs At Eric’s by YAZOO –
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See/hear you next week for another year…
Going back in sonic history…
4 November 2017
Band: SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Album: A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE – fifth LP
Released: 5 November 1982 – 35 years ago…
NME wrote: ” ‘A Kiss in the Dreamhouse’ is a feat of imagination scarcely ever recorded. It’s breathtaking. Somehow, a bold assurance of intention has met with a hunger for experimenting with sound to expand an already formidable group of songs into pure, open-minded ambiguity. The flesh of the song will balloon out or contort into unimaginable patterns, indecipherable echoes volley between the walls of the recording, glassy, splintered tones pierce the luxuriant sheen of the mix. Repeated listens trick the sense of balance; tremendous risks are taken.”
Turn Up The Volume! says: their most mystifying and compelling albums ever to my ears. Siouxsie became the superior queen of gothic grandeur and went with the fabulous Banshees (including the late, great guitarist John McGeoch) on a mind-boggling journey…
Three Top Tracks: Slowdive / Melt / Cascade
* SLOWDIVE – hypnotic drive, stunning beats…
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* MELT – gloomy majesty…
* CASCADE – pitch-black electricity…
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Full Album…
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SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: Facebook – Album Discography
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