Wall of Mouths

They’re great, not always my cup of tea, but Mark E. Smith definitely is a unique character.

My fave album is I Am Kurious Oranj though I am far from knowing just enough of his extensive discography to decide what’s his best.

The Fall are just brilliant, and the only band from the first wave of UK punk to have kept the same make-and-do attitude, kept going and moving forward and changing, not looking back, which is what punk was meant to be all about. Unfortunately they are also like a disease and can take over your listening habits completely unless you fight them off a bit from time to time… Fave albums at the moment would be country on the click, bend sinister, and i’m really enjoying Slates at the moment… Pretty daunting when you first get into them as their back catalogue is massive, I’ve got about half the studio albums now and every one has gems on it. They took me a while listening to them to really get into them, but once you’ve cracked it they are a very rewarding band to follow.

Just saw this press release.. I’m looking forward to this:)

The Fall are set to release their new album ‘Reformation Post T.L.C’ next March.

The 12 track album will be the follow up 2005’s ‘Fall Heads Roll’.

The cover of the album, whose exact release date has yet to be announced, will be shot by Bob Gruen, who has worked with David Bowie, The Sex Pistols and The Clash.

The tracklisting for the album is:

‘Over! Over!’
‘Reformation’
‘Fall Sound’
‘White Line Fever’
‘Insult Song’
‘My Door Is Always Open’
‘Coach And Horses’
‘The Wright Stuff’
‘Scenario’
‘Das Bootuboat’
‘Tim Song’
‘Systematic Abuse’

Another year another fall album.. the new one Imperial Wax Solvent is a real solid album, better than the last one. Also Mr E Smith has his autobiography out last month which i will have to get hold of, i’ve read a few books about the fall so be good to hear his versions of events.

cool cheers for the links, i’m going to go and have a look for it today. Fall head roll and The real new fall album Country on the click are the best two albums they have done i think… but all of them have there strengths, it was just the line up on those two seemed to have the strongest musicians. The last album was a bit of a mess as i don;t think the band had been together long as he picked them up in america when he sacked everyone… again.

It sort of depends how he drunk or what he is on, i read one book and the writer said he was just a good bloke… but way to intelligent for his own good so gets annoyed and frustrated too quickly and added with booze is very irratic. One of the best live bands i have seen back with the fall heads roll line up, very shambolic but fantastic.. sadly after such a high the fucking magic band came on and bored everyone pissless with there beard stroking music.