THESE ANIMAL MEN / S*M*A*S*H - The New Wave Of New Wave ARTHUR RUSSELL Every element of Alvvays leveled

Every element of Alvvays leveled up in the long interim between albums: Riley is a classic dynamo of a drummer

Formed in 1979 - when singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce taught a young Kid Congo Powers to play guitar - the band injects the Delta blues

” and the Lucinda Williams classic “Can’t Let Go”

the bands would go onto to releases a string of EPs such as You’re Not My Babylon

THESE ANIMAL MEN / S*M*A*S*H - The New Wave Of New Wave ARTHUR RUSSELL Every element of Alvvays leveled6CD * SIGNED EDITION INDIES EXCLUSIVE Slipcase with 32 Page Booklet featuring former NME journalist Paul Moodys in depth essay depicting the rise and fall of the scene, along with interviews with members of both bands and more. Britain in 1993 now seems like another time, another place. Paralysed into a state of torpor by 14 years of Tory government and cowed by England's failure to qualify for the World Cup, the national mood was one of escapism. Pop