Young Marble Giants announce 40th anniversary special edition reissue of Colossal Youth for November 27th

Young Marble Giants

Announce 40th anniversary

special edition reissue of

Colossal Youth

for November 27thWatch

live video of “Final Day” here

Photo credit: Andrew Tucker   “Colossal Youth is the opposite of ‘Anarchy In The UK’ or ‘Clash City Rockers’, [but] every bit as good.” – Dave McCullough, Sounds 17/05/1980 Young Marble Giants (YMG)’s one and only album Colossal Youth celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

To mark the occasion, the Cardiff trio are releasing a special edition reissue on November 27th. Young Marble Giants –  Colossal Youth 40th Anniversary Edition includes the titular album as well as songs from Salad Days, Is The War Over, the “Final Day” single and their Testcard EP as well a live DVD of their last ever US show at Hurrah in New York in 1980. Alongside the announcement, the band have shared live footage of them performing “Final Day”, taken from the DVD. 

Stream Colossal Youth here.

Comprised of guitarist-songwriter Stuart Moxham, brother and bassist Philip, and singer Alison Statton, YMG emerged from the punk and post-punk landscape with a sound like no one else. Recorded in five days, Colossal Youth went on to influence whole legions from Sheffield to Seattle, looking to de-grungify gangs of four or more. They found fans in the likes of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Belle & Sebastian, David Byrne, Sonic Youth, The Magnetic Fields.  Cited as one of the most definitive records of the post-punk era, there is something almost canonical about the album’s use of voice, muted instruments and space. Colossal Youth’s attention to sparse detail is now a modus operandi for haunted electronica auteurs and spectral singer-songwriters alike, but ultimately, only the Young Marble Giants sound like Young Marble Giants.

Young Marble Giants –  Colossal Youth 40th Anniversary Edition is available to pre-order on Dom Mart deluxe vinyl (2x Transparent vinyl, DVD, 4-page booklet and exclusive 28-page booklet), standard vinyl (2x Black vinyl, DVD, 4-page booklet) and CD (2x CD, DVD, 16-page booklet). Pre-order: Dom Mart

Tracklisting

:1.     Searching For Mr Right

2.     Include Me Out

3.     The Taxi

4.     Eating Noddemix

5.     Constantly Changing

6.     N.I.T.A.

7.     Colossal Youth

8.     Music For Evenings

9.     The Man Amplifier

10.  Choci Loni

11.  Wurlitzer Jukebox

12.  Salad Days

13.  Credit In The Straight World

14.  Brand – New – Life

15.  Wind In The Rigging

16.  Have Your Toupee Ready

17.  The Man Shares His Meal With His Beast

18.  Hayman

19.  Loop The Loop

20.  Ode To Booker T

21.  Final Day

22.  Radio Silents

23.  Cakewalking

24.  This Way

25.  Posed By Models

26.  The Clock

27.  Clicktalk

28.  Zebra Trucks

29.  Sporting Life

Tracks 16-19 from Salad Days; 20 from Is The War Over compilation; 21-23 from “Final Day” single and 24-29 from Testcard EP + DVD – Live at Hurrah, New York, November 1980

1.     N.I.T.A.

2.     Choci Loni

3.     Radio Silents

4.     Music For Evenings

5.     Colossal Youth

6.     Credit In The Straight World

7.     Brand – New – Life

8.     Include Me Out

9.     Wurlitzer Jukebox

10.  Cakewalking

11.  Final Day12.  Salad Days

13.  Searching For Mr Right

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