Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb
MEMORIALS
| Available Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album (Double LP) | 23 tracks | £27.00 | |
| 12" Vinyl Album (LP, print, cassette + postcards) | 23 tracks | £40.00 | |
| 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 state51 Conspiracy is proud to announce the debut double album by MEMORIALS, 'Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb', out now!
The two albums ‘Tramps!’ and ‘Women Against The Bomb’ were originally conceived as film soundtracks, and while they still adhere to that original concept, the band’s desire to play live and make music outside of soundtracks mean both albums can be viewed independently from the films with which they are associated.
Double LP, first pressing 500 copies only, with embossed logo on on reverse board!
Label Edition of 51:
+ Strictly limited to 51 orders
+ Includes exclusive print
+ Cassette
+ Set of 4 postcards
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
UK Tour
April 27th London, Studio 2994 - (w Panda Bear & Sonic Boom)
May 10th Edinburgh - Sneaky Petes
May 11th Glasgow - Broadcast
May 12th Sunderland - Pop Recs
May 13th Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
May 14th Preston - The Continental
May 17th Bristol - The Crofters Rights
May 18th Oxford - Port Mahon
May 19th London - The Waiting Room
May 20th Brighton - Prince Albert
May 21st Ramsgate - Ramsgate Music Hall
May 27th - Sea Change Festival, Totnes
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) (CON917)
- MEMORIALS - Tramps!
- MEMORIALS - Feel Of Time
- MEMORIALS - Housewives
- MEMORIALS - Blue Feather Boa
- MEMORIALS - A Job For Derek
- MEMORIALS - What A Life
- MEMORIALS - Kind Of Beyond
- MEMORIALS - Sportswear Couture
- MEMORIALS - Typhoon
- MEMORIALS - Peacock Punk
- MEMORIALS - We Live Here
- MEMORIALS - Boudicaaa
- MEMORIALS - Dark Green
12" Vinyl Album (LP, print, cassette + postcards) (CON917LPXX)
- MEMORIALS - Tramps!
- MEMORIALS - Feel Of Time
- MEMORIALS - Housewives
- MEMORIALS - Blue Feather Boa
- MEMORIALS - A Job For Derek
- MEMORIALS - What A Life
- MEMORIALS - Kind Of Beyond
- MEMORIALS - Sportswear Couture
- MEMORIALS - Typhoon
- MEMORIALS - Peacock Punk
- MEMORIALS - We Live Here
- MEMORIALS - Boudicaaa
- MEMORIALS - Dark Green
Download Album (CON917)
- MEMORIALS - Feel Of Time
- MEMORIALS - Housewives
- MEMORIALS - Blue Feather Boa
- MEMORIALS - A Job For Derek
- MEMORIALS - What A Life
- MEMORIALS - Kind Of Beyond
- MEMORIALS - Sportswear Couture
- MEMORIALS - Typhoon
- MEMORIALS - Peacock Punk
- MEMORIALS - We Live Here
- MEMORIALS - Boudicaaa