Release date: 5/10/2024
Originally released: 1/27/2023
The last seven copies of the LP are priced to move as the jackets were damaged in shipping.
First new record in nearly 40 years.
Limited edition black vinyl LP with insert.
CD with 8 page booklet in jewel case.
Early 80s Liverpool stalwarts The Room are back. Theirs is a melodic blend of progressive, alternative pop and sultry post-punk, which is just as fresh and relevant now as it was when they first broke up in 1985. Firm favourites of the late, great John Peel they have been compared to Joy Division, The Fall and fellow Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen.
New album Restless Fate picks up where the band left off. At times shimmering, at times haunting, but at all times an arresting and urgent listen. An exploration of man’s search for meaning and the dysfunction of the human condition, there is still a relentless optimism at the core of this record. A stark post-punk soundcape provides plenty of space for frontman Dave Jackson’s spirited yet acerbic vocal. Perhaps one might find more wisdom in Restless Fate’s songwriting and lyrics than in The Room’s previous catalogue, this could just be experience showing.
“Jackson’s songs are an ornery delight.” Gavin Martin - Daily Mirror
“Jackson has perfected a melodic songwriting style with strong storylines.” Fred Dellar - Mojo
“Jackson’s songsmithery has never been in doubt.” John Aizelwood - Q
“For six years they were one of the more maverick and overlooked groups in the city...The band brought together a musical and verbal intelligence and an abstract energy that never quite fitted in...The incisive lyricism of the music always always matched the concisely articulate emotion of Dave Jackson’s words.” Penny Kiley - Melody Maker
1. The Drift
2. Red Admiral
3. Sleepless
4. Kingdom
5. Time Comes
6. The Reeds
7. Dust Motes
8. Mirror World
9. Crying Face
10. Cursed Islands
11. Bull in the Doorway
$60.00
LP TEST PRESSING limited to 1.This title is otherwise out of print/deleted.Darla is pleased to present Slit, the debut album from female fronted Greek Punk...
$120.00
2xLP TEST PRESSING.This title is now otherwise out of print/deleted.Darla Records is proud to offer Bordeaux, a new album by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd;...
$13.00
Preorder CD re-press for release on the first day of spring March 21.CD re-press includes bonus track The Frailties of Phobos, which was originally released...
$33.00
CD in six panel Digipak or CD in jewel case.500 x black vinyl 2xLP in gatefold with download. Pressed at 45 rpm for best audio...
$33.00
1500 x translucent blue vinyl 2xLP in gatefold with download. Pressed at 45 rpm for best audio quality. CD in six panel Digipak.SOLD OUT: 500...
$36.00
Available now: 2xLP / CD / DigitalCD tracklist:1. Tekka2. Dsco3. Velocity4. Fruitcake and Cookies5. Sept6. pro: lov: ad7. Design: 18. International9. Dedicated10. Chocolate Matter11. To...
$86.00
2xLP (Transparent Coke Bottle Green)+2xLP TEST PRESSING limited to 3.First time on vinyl. Order 2xLP and get instant download.Limited edition of 200 Transparent Coke Bottle Green 2xLP.Limited edition...
$12.00
1. Movement I, 2. Chance, 3. Optimism, 4. The Mystique of the Locomotive, 5. Soleil Radieux, 6. Anais No. 4, 7. Movement 2, 8. Vista-dome,...