{"product_id":"getting-the-fear-death-is-bigger-1984-1985","title":"Getting The Fear - Death Is Bigger 1984-1985","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: DAIS175LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 0011586671386\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 18th June 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Coldwave\/Synth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING: \u003cbr\u003eA1 Rise (Demo Version)\u003cbr\u003eA2 Dune Buggy Attack\u003cbr\u003eA3 Last Salute (Demo Version)\u003cbr\u003eA4 Against the Wind\u003cbr\u003eA5 We Struggle\u003cbr\u003eB1 Sometimes\u003cbr\u003eB2 Yurune (Demo Version)\u003cbr\u003eB3 Fatal Date\u003cbr\u003eB4 Getting The Fear\u003cbr\u003eB5 Swell (Demo Version)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP FORMAT DETAILS: Black vinyl LP. Includes 12 panel booklet with exclusive liner notes by singer Paul ‘Bee’ Hampshire, rare archival photos and art, with packaging design by artist JS Aurelius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's testament to how fertile England's mid-80's musical landscape was that the splintering of short-lived post-punk pioneers The Southern Death Cult seeded so many memorable but divergent groups – from widescreen rock legends The Cult to romantic pop duo Into A Circle to “the Asian Public Enemy,” Fun-Da-Mental. But the band's most potent subsequent cross-pollination was undoubtedly Getting The Fear, formed by The Southern Death Cult rhythm section of Barry Jepson, David 'Buzz' Burrows, and Aki Haq Nawaz Qureshi, joined by Temple Ov Psychic Youth associate Paul ‘Bee’ Hampshire on vocals. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalvanized by Margaret Thatcher's “iron fist” austerity policies and the cultural liberation of punk, the group blazed to creative fruition, quickly landing a lucrative deal with RCA. But immediately after recording their 1984 debut single, Last Salute, a shake-up at the label left them stranded and without support. Rather than stall in music industry purgatory they chose to dissolve, escaping their restrictive contract. Bee's lyrics on “Last Salute” are fitting final words: “If this must end let it pass me by \/ I’ll remain your friend, only flowers die.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this is of course only part of the story. Death Is Bigger: 1984-1985 rectifies history's error, collecting the group's entire vault of demos and unreleased songs alongside liner notes and a photo gallery capturing Getting The Fear in all their high libertine glory. The compilation's 10 tracks are alternately brooding, spiky, and sneering, fixated on dreams, sex, and Charles Manson (the sleeve of Last Salute famously features a detail from Manson's embroidered waistcoat, unbeknownst to label execs). Razor wire guitars slice across tense rhythms, veering between minimal and melodic, occasionally flowering into psychedelic poetry, revealing Bee's deep affinity with Psychic TV. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken as a whole, the album showcases the breadth of forking paths facing UK post-punk in 1984: pop eating itself, new wave while still new, transgression as alternative not affectation. Getting The Fear's music feels eclectic and unfettered, following whim, lust, and impulse, glinting with darkness against the fires of youth: “The earth is still beneath my feet, I start to sink to lose myself \/ Friends and lovers stand around unconcerned, their eyes in flames.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e● Features archival demos, unreleased material and out of print bsides. \u003cbr\u003e● Includes 12 panel booklet with exclusive liner notes by singer Paul ‘Bee’ Hampshire, rare archival photos and art, with packaging design by artist JS Aurelius \u003cbr\u003e● For fans of: The Damned, Danse Society, Southern Death Cult, Psychic TV, Siouxsie \u0026amp; The Banshees, Blitz, Theatre of Hate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRESS\/ONLINE: To follow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRADIO: To follow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIVE: To follow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOTHER ACTIVITY: https:\/\/www.daisrecords.com\/ \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DAIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40007254016156,"sku":"DAIS175LP","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/GettingTheFear-DeathIsBigger1984-19851.png?v=1622109806","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/getting-the-fear-death-is-bigger-1984-1985","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}