Modern English Mesh and Lace
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CD Details
- Released: January 17, 2012
- Originally Released: 1981
- Label: 4Ad
Tracks:
- 1.Gathering Dust (AD 15A)
- 2.16 Days
- 3.Just a Thought
- 4.Move in Light
- 5.Grief
- 6.The Token Man
- 7.A Viable Commercial
- 8.Black Houses
- 9.Dance of Devotion (A Love Song)
- 10.Smiles and Laughter (AD 110)
- 11.Mesh and Lace (AD 110)
- 12.Tranquillity (AD 15B)
- 13.Home (BAD 11)
- 14.Swans On Glass (AD 6A)
- 15.Incident (AD 6B)
Product Description:
The debut album by this overlooked 4AD outfit from Colchester in Essex. In many ways, Modern English helped to define the sound and image of that pioneering label; while admittedly pretentious at times, they were also sharp-edged, intellectual, and obsessed with aestheticism. The standouts here are the title track, "Smiles and Laughter," and "Gathering Dust," an epic post-punk exercise in aural dynamics. The keyboard rush that they employ is one of the punkiest uses of Stephen Walker's synthesizer imaginable -- at least prior to the development of the industrial movement.