the repetitive and re-occurring cycle of life

They then signed to EMI in ’83 and released their first single ‘Just My Love’ released in early 1984

shows Scientist’s mastery of the studio-as-instrument concept

Central to everything is Bertie’s commanding voice

dubby baselines

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - Colossal Youth LP Industrial the repetitive and re-occurring cycleTaking the unprecedented step of making Young Marble Giants' first ever release a long player certainly paid off. Released in 1980 "Colossal Youth" became a parallel soundtrack to the unsteady stabs of the post punk early eighties, and quickly became one of (the then nascent) Rough Trade Records best sellers. Becalmed, resigned and a little tense, it created a new vocabulary for song. "Colossal Youth" was followed by a couple of EPs, and then the