MEMORIALS - Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: CON917LP
Barcode: 5057805505211
Release Date: May 2023
Genre: indie / alternative

First pressing 500 copies only, with embossed logo on on reverse board
+ Exclusive print (no additional cost to shops)

A seismic, cinematic double dose from two sonic veterans with previous in Wire, Electrelane, and Better Corners. MEMORIALS’ kaleidoscopic debut covers broad musical territory, encompassing protest songs, fuzz-flooded pop, searing drone, and psychedelic freakouts whilst carving out a sound that is uniquely their own.

Both halves of this dynamic double album were originally conceived as individual film soundtracks but once the multi-instrumental duo of Verity Susan & Matthew Simms brought ‘Music For Film’ into a live space, the desire to shape it into a cohesive whole was more than they could resist. The resulting, intoxicating, musical odyssey can be viewed independently from the associated films and stands proudly as an ambitious artistic statement.

“The music we like and admire ranges from challenging to really tuneful, and we try to bring all that together in a way that sounds natural.” - MEMORIALS

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'Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against the Bomb' is the debut album from MEMORIALS. 

The two albums ‘Tramps!’ and ‘Women Against The Bomb’ were originally conceived as film soundtracks, and while they still adhere to that original concept, the band’s desire to play live and make music outside of soundtracks mean both albums can be viewed independently from the films with which they are associated.

MEMORIALS is the is the new band of Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms  (Wire). It was written, performed, recorded and produced by the duo, veering from melodic songwriting to psychedelic noise, free jazz freakouts, tape loops and drones, and then back again.

Tramps!
1. MEMORIALS - Tramps!
2. MEMORIALS - Feel Of Time
3. MEMORIALS - Housewives
4. MEMORIALS - Blue Feather Boa
5. MEMORIALS - A Job For Derek
6. MEMORIALS - What A Life
7. MEMORIALS - Kind Of Beyond
8. MEMORIALS - Sportswear Couture
9. MEMORIALS - Typhoon
10. MEMORIALS - Peacock Punk
11. MEMORIALS - We Live Here
12. MEMORIALS - Boudicaaa

​Women Against The Bomb
1. MEMORIALS - Dark Green
2. MEMORIALS - It's In Our Hands
3. MEMORIALS - Take The Toys From The Boys
4. MEMORIALS - Climbing The Walls
5. MEMORIALS - It's No Choice
6. MEMORIALS - March To Greenham
7. MEMORIALS - Peacemaker
8. MEMORIALS - Battle Lines
9. MEMORIALS - Life On Earth
10. MEMORIALS - We Will Fight
11. MEMORIALS - Women Standing Strong