Love and Rockets - Express

Beggars Banquet

£27

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: BBQ2250LP2
Barcode: 0607618928117
Release Date: 13 Jan 2023
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Love And Rockets are the seminal groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash (vocals and guitar), David J (vocals and bass) and Kevin Haskins (drums). They formed in 1985 after the first split of their band, Bauhaus. Love and Rockets provided a clean slate and an opportunity to plumb the depths of imagination and influences.
 ‘Express’ is a unique, mystical and transcendental travelogue of sorts. The original press release for the album said that “the balance of light and dark, positive and negative, yin and yang, is a recurring theme.” In 2020, NPR, referring to the album, stated that their “psychedelic train ride laid the foundation for alt-rock.” This is a single black LP with a standard sleeve.
 The band’s 1985 debut album, ‘Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven’, was an unashamedly psychedelic adventure, far removed from the dark, angular soundscapes of Bauhaus. Yet they had to fight hard to avoid being branded ‘goth’, citing Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan and the later period Beatles as primary influences. This is a single black LP with a gatefold sleeve.

‘Express’
It Could Be Sunshine
Kundalini Express
All in My Mind
Life In Laralay
Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
Love Me
All in My Mind
An American Dream