Alison Statton Young Marble Giants

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Alison statton young marble giants. The big news in 2018 is that following the reissues by the label tiny global productions of the gist and of alison and spike s new album the three of them decided to go back on the road. Voice alison statton. Young marble giants don t play live very often. Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978 their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham.

So join us for an evening of talk and music with stuart moxham and alison statton formerly of young marble giants and spike formerly of weekend. Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take. It s always about me re facing the awkwardness that i ve always felt with live performance she tells mojo in familiarly soft tones.

Young marble giants released just one full length studio album. Cardiff s young marble giants singer alison statton and the moxham brothers philip bass and stuart guitar organ managed to stay together long enough to produce one oddball album before apathy got the upper hand. Young marble giants dave andersson thanks peter wendy dave s angie lewis z block rough trade nixon navie slide on 2. Dave anderson produced arrenged.

Dave dearnaley cover photo. And when they do it s never easy for singer alison statton a chiropractor by day to locate her game face. Alison statton born march 1958 is a welsh singer best known for her work with young marble giants. Patrick graham barcode and other identifiers.

Notes rough trade music 1980 recorded. Extremely low tech drum machine effects and home made. Fans of the singer have included kurt cobain 2 courtney love stephin merritt belle and sebastian and renato russo. They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce.

Former young marble giants vocalist alison statton steps out on her own with a collection of demos that seek to bridge the gap between what that group was and what weekend would become.