Empire - Expensive SoundMunster Records present a reissue of Empire's Expensive Sound, originally released in 1981. Empire was an offshoot of Generation X, and their only LP Expensive Sound remains an obscure (yet highly rewarding) listen. Originally released in 1981, the same year Gary Numan and Soft Cell were raking in big bucks with their noir flecked brand of retrofuturism, Expensive Sound was out of step with the climate of commercial music. Their music was raw, bare,

and represents the start of his communal “mystical” period

and experiences that have shaped us

With his fourth solo album

from the infectious ‰ÛÏDo Whatever‰۝ and ‰ÛÏ11:45

A companion piece to 2018’s Listening To Pictures

as are some long-winded guitar solos

Sybil Thomas

pulling influences from Carl Theodor Dreyer’s classic The Passion of Joan of Arc while still creating a typically wry King Krule visual

Yet another teaser from the album

The Quiet Drift is a fitting title for Hollie’s own history

Supergrass’ hugely successful second album

Lupton passed away suddenly on May 27th