April 12 street date. The latest release from Joe Meek's legendary Tea Chest Tapes, featuring numerous unreleased tracks. Liverpool beat band The Cryin' Shames left behind a slim legacy of just two singles before splitting but they gave producer Joe Meek his last UK Top 30 hit in 1966 with the magnificent, haunting, tearjerker, ‘Please Stay’ - and freakbeat fans love the B side, ‘What's News Pussycat’, that sounds like the early Stones covering Dylan. Their second single combined another ballad, ‘Nobody Waved Goodbye’, with the infectious beat of ‘You’, but now alongside the four single sides, many other recordings have been unearthed from the Tea Chest Tapes including alternative versions and works in progress. Offshoot band Paul And Ritchie And The Crying Shames formed by Charlie "Paul" Crane and Ritchie Routledge are represented by both sides of their sole single, including freakbeat classic, ‘Come On Back’ and three tracks recorded for the BBC's Saturday Club. Five songs from The Cryin’ Shames' impressive audition with Joe Meek (when they were still known as The Bumblies) that persuaded him to sign the band are also included, plus two unreleased tracks by Derek Cleary's band Friendly Persuasion.
February 24 street date. Chalie Steen declares that "Food For Worms" is "the Lamborghini of shame records". It marks a sonic departure from anything they've done before, abandoning their post-punk beginnings for more eclectic influences, drawing from the tense atmospherics of Merchandise, the sharp yet uncomplicated lyrics of Lou Reed, and the more melodic works of 90s German band Blumfeld. For the first time, the band are not delving inwards, but seeking to capture the world around them. In many ways, the album is an ode to friendship, and a documentation of the dynamic that only five people who have grown up together - and grown so close, against all odds - can share.
February 24 street date. Chalie Steen declares that "Food For Worms" is "the Lamborghini of shame records". It marks a sonic departure from anything they've done before, abandoning their post-punk beginnings for more eclectic influences, drawing from the tense atmospherics of Merchandise, the sharp yet uncomplicated lyrics of Lou Reed, and the more melodic works of 90s German band Blumfeld. For the first time, the band are not delving inwards, but seeking to capture the world around them. In many ways, the album is an ode to friendship, and a documentation of the dynamic that only five people who have grown up together - and grown so close, against all odds - can share.
February 24 street date. Chalie Steen declares that "Food For Worms" is "the Lamborghini of shame records". It marks a sonic departure from anything they've done before, abandoning their post-punk beginnings for more eclectic influences, drawing from the tense atmospherics of Merchandise, the sharp yet uncomplicated lyrics of Lou Reed, and the more melodic works of 90s German band Blumfeld. For the first time, the band are not delving inwards, but seeking to capture the world around them. In many ways, the album is an ode to friendship, and a documentation of the dynamic that only five people who have grown up together - and grown so close, against all odds - can share.
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