The Snake Corps - Flesh On Flesh

From the ashes of Sad Lovers And Giants, Snake Corps was the brainchild of Tristan Garel-Funk and Nigel Pollard.  With the exit of Pollard, Marc Lewis was recruited to do vocals.  Though infused throughout with atmospheric and brooding guitar, Snake Corp ended up having a harder-edged post-punk sound than others in the genre. The more prominent guitar gives Flesh On Flesh a sound that is often reminiscent of mid-period Siouxsie And The Banshees but always remains its own thing. This album is everything I liked about Sad Lovers And Giants with more guitar, which lends it a tougher sound most of the time. Though popular in continental Europe, Snake Corps never found much of an audience in their home U.K. or in the United States.  That's a shame because Snake Corps are one of those rare groups that were remarkably consistent. The songs as a whole are catchy and wonderfully rhythmic with soaring, swirling guitars. 

Where The Light Shines Through

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Formed in 1980, Watford band Sad Lovers & Giants carved a unique furrow through the 1980s independent music scene, creating music which was haunting, atmospheric, melodic and evocative and which somehow straddled post-punk, synth pop, psychedelia and indie. Compiled, designed and curated by the band, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH is the first comprehensive anthology of the band’s recordings. After singles on their own Last Movement label, they signed to Midnight Music, issuing two albums – Epic Garden Music (1982) and Feeding The Flame (1983) – before splitting. This period also witnessed a John Peel session and a live concert for Dutch Radio Hilversum (subsequently issued as Total Sound in 1986). All of these recordings appear here.

Sad Lovers & Giants returned with a revitalised line-up in 1987 – still fronted by ever-present vocalist Garce (Simon) Allard. New albums followed – The Mirror Test (1987), Headland (1990) and Treehouse Poetry (1991) – as the band found new audiences in the Netherlands, Spain and France.

When Midnight Music dissolved, so too did the band. But Sad Lovers & Giants reunited in the noughties, playing to loyal fans and recording a new album, Melting In The Fullness Of Time. Since then, Sad Lovers & Giants have stayed active, culminating in a short tour of North America in spring 2016, during which they were invited to showcase at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH spans the band’s entire career, with every recording of note, with sleeve-notes by Garce and cover design by ex-member Simon Blanchard.