ABOUT THIS ITEM

Originally intended for Record Shop Day but arriving just a little too late this is a joint release between Fortuna POP! Records (UK) and Slumberland Records (USA) and is strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide (500 for Europe), pressed on transparent blue vinyl with red specks and housed in a full colour die-cut disco style sleeve.

On one side is "Working Circle Explosive!" by Comet Gain, the first track to be taken from upcoming album "Howl Of The Lonely Crowd" out in June. Led by songwriter David Feck, Comet Gain have released a string of critically acclaimed records on Kill Rock Stars, Track & Field and What’s Your Rupture?, with albums such as "Tigertown Pictures", "Réalistes", "City Fallen Leaves" and 2008’s singles collection "Broken Record Prayers" establishing the band as one of the most fearlessly passionate and fiercely intelligent British bands around. "Working Circle Explosive" is a furious paean to the Baader-Meinhof gang, an incendiary pop song which recalls The Fall at their most melodic, scuzzy, and insistent, continuing the tradition of intelligent pop bands (The Yummy Fur, The Auteurs) excited by the counterculture aesthetics of ‘70s terrorist movements.

On the other side "Through The Floor" is the second track to be released from the critically acclaimed second album "In Love With Oblivion" by Crystal Stilts. Turning their signature fuzzy moodiness into a swaggeringly melodic 50s pop number, it’s a two-and-a-half minute thrill ride reminiscent of late Velvet Underground or early Creation label singles. Crystal Stilts burst out of Brooklyn's storied post-punk indie scene in 2008 with a string of releases that culminated in their fantastic debut album "Alight Of Night", deftly combining the spooked 60s Texas psych of 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola, the gothic blues/punk howl of Gun Club, the dark, experimental DIYism of early Flying Nun/Xpressway groups and a dash of classic 60s pop by way of early Jesus & Mary Chain.