Released: 2018
Format : LP, Album, RE, RM, 180 LP, Album
Label: Polydor,UMC
Catalogue No: SATBLP01, 00602557128574
Style : Post-Punk, New Wave, Punk
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
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Remastered reissue of Siouxsie and the Banshees' debut LP The Scream from 1978. Despite evolving from a group of Sex Pistols fans, Siouxsie and the Banshees eschewed the cliches of punk, offering instead an austere and bleak music.
Bassist Steve Severin and drummer Kenny Morris provide simple, teutonic-style patterns over which Siouxsie Sioux wails in the manner of former velvet underground chanteuse Nico. Unremitting original songs are joined by a version of the Beatles "Helter Skelter", which the Banshees interpret with the full knowledge of its inspiration for murderer Charles Manson.
The Scream is an apt title for such desolate music.
A1. Pure
A2. Jigsaw Feeling
A3. Overground
A4. Carcass
A5. Helter Skelter
B1. Mirage
B2. Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
B3. Nicotine Stain
B4. Suburban Relapse
B5. Switch