The album War of the Wakening Phantoms is a brilliant recording of jangle, psychedelia and colorful melodies: reminiscent of a psychedelic-ized Squeeze backed by The Clash. Their fantastic song structure would surely make the guys in Teardrop Explodes and Echo and The Bunnymen gush with pride. The band cites many influences affecting the sonic textures of A New Devotion: Pink Floyd, Love, CSNY, John Barry, Air, Blur, the Kinks and Curtis Mayfield. Trevor adds: "We wanted to keep the R&B grooves and rich ha...   [ read more ]

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The 16 songs here cannot even begin to take in the full range of music that the Teardrop Explodes recorded for the BBC between October 1979 and July 1982: at least a dozen sessions for DJs across the corporation, and some of the most vibrant performances in the band's entire canon. But incompleteness does not dent the sheer power and beauty of this set, which kicks off with the still unknown group's debut for John Peel and killer versions of "Brave Boys Keep Their Promises," "Went Crazy," {&...   [ read more ]

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