Live Bootleg Cassette, by Brocken Spectre

Live Bootleg Cassette

by Brocken Spectre

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1.	Drive-by Election 04:10	buy track
2.	Beyond Nostalgia 02:29	buy track
3.	Corkscrew 02:35	buy track
4.	Stockholm Cancelled 03:23	buy track
5.	We Vs. The Bastards 02:21	buy track
6.	Art Defacer 02:56	buy track
7.	Out of Range 03:17	buy track
8.	Unwound 04:25	buy track
9.	UYA 03:29	buy track
10.	Terror 02:45	buy track
11.	Feature Length 02:44	buy track
12.	Downtown Abstractions 03:11	buy track
13.	Moscow 02:47	buy track
14.	I Am Your Fuel 03:47	buy track
15.	Colour Fucker 05:54	buy track
16.	Ended Here 03:08	buy track
17.	Fireworks Thrower 05:18	buy track

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Lo-fi quality recordings made on a variety of devices at the following locations: The Brickyard, The Source, Warwick Bazaar, Fell Bar Penrith, Fell Bar Kendal, Solfest, Wild on the Wall Festival, Kendal Calling and The Fisher Street Festival.

"When Brocken Spectre reformed in April 2017 with Steve Orchiton on drums, we began rehearsing for live gigs immediately. In its previous incarnation, the band had only rehearsed to record, not once venturing out to play in front of a crowd.

We made our live debut a few months later, at a party for my birthday. Shortly after this, we were offered our first gig in front of a paying audience. Those first few gigs were nerve wracking affairs; getting used to a crowd, the variable on stage sound and the obligatory stage fright.

By mid 2018, we had several live performances under our collective belt and we received more offers on a regular basis, including festival appearances.

Our sound had really begun to develop too, songs with psychedelic touches or with melody at the forefront were swapped out for newer material featuring the live sound we now had; a band driven, violent, brutal sound. All members were contributing to the compositions and the dynamics and it was this sound that became our identity.

We enjoyed playing live and we were surprised to find how comfortable we had became on stage. It now felt like the natural home for the band.

We played our final gig on the 7th of December 2019, before the pandemic quashed our plans for more festival appearances and the offer of gigs around the country.

During the various lockdown periods of 2020, we managed a few rehearsals and even recorded a single; 'Interference Overhead/Fireworks Thrower'.

The concept behind this release was a stop gap until live music can resume again. It also provides a home to songs that have went unrecorded and other songs that rarely got an outing. It documents a period of the band that we all got a lot out of and hopefully gets across some of our visceral live sound.

The material was recorded on a variety of devices and is of a distinctly lo-fi quality, this is reflected in the artwork, which is a homage to the live bootlegs so loved by myself and Marc. We would purchase bootlegs of our favourite artists from record fairs, markets and from the back pages of music publications." - Stephen Benson.

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released January 16, 2021

Stephen Benson - Guitars, Vocals
Marc Gillen - Vocals, Guitars
Steve Orchiton - Drums
Jill Wallace - Bass

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Treehouse Orchestra Recordings Cumbria, UK

Collective of artists and musicians based in Carlisle, Cumbria. Alt. rock, ambient, folk, avant garde, pop and more.

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