Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Easy Pieces - 180gm VinylLimited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Cole, Blair Cowan, Lawrence Donegan, Neil Clark and Stephen Irvine were formed in Glasgow in 1982, where Buxton born singer songwriter Cole was studying Philosophy and English at the University of Glasgow Their sound swam against the tide of shiny 80s synthesisers, offering intense, melodic, guitar based pop, topped with droll words packed with literary references. Given just how loved debut

pop-tenor sensation

In the early stages of production

at first listen you might be tempted to label their style as classic Americana

The evocative performances captured on OLD AND NEW POETRY reveal the composer's intimate relationship with the text and offer listeners a compelling musical-literary experience

a mes-sage which Haffner signals clearly with concise track titles such as "The Peace Inside"

especially when you're grounded

Paul McCartney) and features ten brand new tracks

The 'Coffee Road' Olivier Fortin has mapped out here makes a detour to London around 1660

This limited edition repress from Heavenly Recordings

as well as the Spyros Motsenigos Prize from the Academy of Athens

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the state-owned record company Polskie Nagrania produced a comprehensive collection of his works