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Cells&Plasma wrote: ↑12 Aug 2021, 21:47

Greatkudu wrote:I like acoustic and electric versions. Lt Kudu.

You should hear the Gas Version....

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The oil version is good too.

The two singles from Dark Matters are post Dave tracks, so without his contribution.
If Something's Gonna Kill Me... reminds me of some early 80s songs, even from Depeche Mode (Hugh Cornwell's favorite band and antithesis of The Stranglers) as https://youtu.be/R_zaEcrpCbI

Not sure if anyone has seen this. https://metalplanetmusic.com/2021/07/album-review-the-stranglers-dark-matter/ Dark Matters seems to be a very fine album reading this excerpt: ".... Genuinely, The Stranglers couldn’t have brought out a better album than ‘Dark Matter’ and it could well be one ...

Mathew S wrote: ↑25 Jul 2021, 22:20 Yes it’s all done so ready for release whenever they want.

Would be nice if they release Sisterhood as a non album track with the next single from the Dark Matters album if there will be another single after If You Should See Dave... Or release it only as a double A side 7" vinyl single

Agree. Think we all need to reserve judgement on the album until we've heard the full article. I guess we're already doing that but good point well made Jim Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I'm not sure that hearing the whole album makes a single track of that album better (or worse). After the...

this "Anger" track which they definately recorded Burnel and Nicastro recorded it already 16 or so years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgmO4U47xSg Not really "heavy" though is it - only in the cartoon sense? This is the original JJ version, not the 2018 or 2019 re-recorded...

theraven1979 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2021, 09:05 New one landed today and it's an absolute banger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3sDyp3mbo
Jim

Yes, really good track. Great band.

It's up to the band which songs they put on the album, of course. Bit I would prefer a track on Dave's final oeuvre with him playing on, e.g. this "Anger" track which they definately recorded and JJ thinks it's the heaviest track The Stranglers have ever recorded (and if the only reason is...

Mathew S wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 10:35

Lafleur wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 09:45 Is this the whole song or just a part of it?

This is the whole song

Too short then for being great

Is this the whole song or just a part of it?

The new touring keyboarder has been recruited from a crack Stranglers tribute act...

Nearly 91.000 views of the video on Youtube is not bad.
https://youtu.be/76V2hTa78Zs
We shall see 100k soon. Wonder how many non Stranglers connaisseurs are among the viewers? Not much probably.