GODS GIFT Discipline 7" 1982 DIY Post-Punk Messthetics
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Gods Gift -- "Discipline" b/w "Then Calm Again" 7"
Original 1982 UK release on New Hormones (UK) (catalog # ORG 25), in Picture Sleeve.Astonishingly great UK DIY post-punk ringer from this Manchester band, dark and ruthless (some say "Spartan") and drenched in feedback. Much of their work has been comped as part of hyped2death's Messthetics series.
Download an mp3 of Gods Gift -- Discipline and for more mp3s from obscure records check out the ampnoise aubio blog, and search ampnoise records eBay store for listings with mp3 downloads.ampmp3 h2d Review: Between 1979 and 1984 other bands on the Manchester scene played larger roles, but sooner or later almost everyone who was there mentions Gods Gift - in tones of awe, horror, or amazement.The Manchester scene was anchored by The Fall, Joy Division, a few straight-ahead punks, and the more idiosyncratic denizens of the Manchester Musicians Collective. And Gods Gift out-did them all - in diffidence, darkness, pure feral energy and gleeful musical anarchy. Their successes were epic, but their failures, too, left indelible impressions. Guitarist Steve Murphy put it simply: "If things were going wrong, we'd make them go more wrong." Singer Steven Edwards once shouted out to a baffled London crowd, "Wotcha dancing for? - it's tuneless, you pillock!"
This was no pose. As much as can be said of any band in rock history, Gods Gift were the product of their day jobs: Murphy, Edwards, and at least five others who played in GG all worked "inside" at Prestwich Asylum - then the largest psychiatric hospital in the U.K. The hospital's grayness, hopelessness, and constant menace permeated not just GG's tunes and lyrics, but their very stage-presence - Edwards in work-clothes, and Murphy playing (always!) with his back turned to some of the U.K.'s least cuddly audiences. GG recorded a fight onstage and used it in place of lyrics for their self-released first 45, "People".
Gods Gift found a champion in New Hormones' owner, Richard Boon, who booked the band and put out the 12" Gods Gift EP and their landmark "Discipline" single
a.k.a. God's Gift CONDITION: Sleeve NM / Vinyl NM close to new, vinyl is near pristine, sleeve and vinyl each just have tiny nearly imperceptible scuffs/light marks. Graded conservatively using Goldmine standards [G / G+ / VG / VG+ / NM / ]grade only used if record is brand new.
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