Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb
MEMORIALS
| Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album (Double LP) | 23 tracks | £34.00 | |
| 12" Vinyl Album (LP, print, cassette + postcards) | 23 tracks | £40.00 | Out of stock |
| Download Album (MP3) | 23 tracks | £15.98 | |
| Download Album (WAV) | 23 tracks | £15.98 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
MEMORIALS - Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb
The debut double album from MEMORIALS, 'Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb' - out now!
Limited copies
double black vinyl LP
reverse board
with printed inners [photos + lyrics]
Verity and Matthew met in 2007 when they were both on the label Too Pure – Verity with Electrelane and Matthew with It Hugs Back. In 2010 WIRE asked Matthew to join the band to fill their vacant guitarist role. Throughout the 2010s Verity and Matthew collaborated when they got the chance, and in 2020 they decided to start working together on soundtracks - it was something they were both doing individually and both had become tired of working alone. Both are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, both have experience in electronic music production, and between them they play a wide range of instruments.
The two soundtracks which make up ‘Music For Film’ came along in 2021 and gave them a focus for working on something together, and what had been just a vague idea of collaborating became a matter of getting a lot of music written and recorded in a short space of time, across a range of styles.
In a way they formed a band in reverse. They didn’t have any intention of starting a band when they did the soundtracks together, but after a screening of ‘Women Against The Bomb’ in Paris they were offered a gig, and that became the catalyst for starting MEMORIALS.
The albums are clearly influenced by the world of the films, but still sound like the duo at their best, combining beautiful songwriting with improvised freakouts, inhabiting a world of controlled chaos. On these two records they move convincingly from psychedelic drones to jangly guitar pop, from choral harmonies to experimental sound college.
“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
Live Recorded Music Video for 'Dark Green', filmed at St Matthews Church, Bethnal Green
Video made by Jack Barraclough
Video made by Chris from Innerstrings
Reviews
“An engagingly eclectic debut” - Uncut Magazine"This is an album to savour. It delivers big results in the present and hints at even bigger ones in the future" - Clash
“A debut of remarkable daring and versatility” - Album of the Week - The Quietus
“From the caustic to the cuddly, this is a debut of impressive breadth, at once alien and human, fusing their talents for the sake of the collective.” - The Quietus
‘Ones To Watch’ - The Guardian
“This album creates its own cinematic imagery in your consciousness as you listen and it’s a divinely tuneful, yet confrontational racket.” - The Wire Magazine
“The kind of supergroup you’d dream about” 5/5 - Narc Magazine
Tracklisting
12" Vinyl Album (Double LP) (CON917LP)
- Tramps!
- Feel Of Time
- Housewives
- Blue Feather Boa
- A Job For Derek
- What A Life
- Kind Of Beyond
- Sportswear Couture
- Typhoon
- Peacock Punk
- We Live Here
- Boudicaaa
- Dark Green
- It's In Our Hands
- Take The Toys From The Boys
- Climbing The Walls
- It's No Choice
- March To Greenham
- Peacemaker
- Battle Lines
- Life On Earth
- We Will Fight
- Women Standing Strong
12" Vinyl Album (LP, print, cassette + postcards) (CON917LPXX)
- Tramps!
- Feel Of Time
- Housewives
- Blue Feather Boa
- A Job For Derek
- What A Life
- Kind Of Beyond
- Sportswear Couture
- Typhoon
- Peacock Punk
- We Live Here
- Boudicaaa
- Dark Green
- It's In Our Hands
- Take The Toys From The Boys
- Climbing The Walls
- It's No Choice
- March To Greenham
- Peacemaker
- Battle Lines
- Life On Earth
- We Will Fight
- Women Standing Strong