Press Release No.l
... lt vae long long ago, the longago rdater of t7g vhen,
adrlft in tbe poet-lnduetrlaL
uastelande of the l{eetern Midlandsl
I young loq,lcontents tumed dleaffect€d brut drean-ladea cyes to
oatters spigltugl
aad thug forncd a POP GROIJP...
beforo I' tqs flrst lntroduced;
y?*"-:1
... but lt uas ? glun
frinEo In some sleazy
""1"*
nHr.Janes c.urcnrii,'tir"tg1la-".
ii"t
rne lntroduce"'tr
SeIIy oa't'
domtosn bar ln uptom
A Saturday'
Novenber 29thr 1986. hgraved upon rJt heart'
TIIE SaturdaY.
The Saturday I stunbled belpleesly before a hand-clasped
dissolvlng in
nike-etald and a dreany gaze, grdtars carolllngr
etunbledt
apartl
splittlng
teals, a tanbourlne spllnterrngr
funbled, hopelessly ln IOVE... they called theneelves the
Meanest FuckErs In Tovn, but I knen then only as TI{E SEA IIRCI{INS'
and sonehov the nane klnda stuck...
a'nd one nott
Urchlns trour flve-boyg''
thev srolE
And a blg nev SIIINI Sea fT;i
RAPIURE'
loh"""
ih"t
u'a'l"lpfi;"d
they trapp.a
keeps' oh so I fEtL"'
ny Lreart and rept l[-f"t
NRUNNING
FAST ALL TI{E HAY BACKHOI"IE..'IT
- aadr one ysar on, that sane Jangly splatter of bappy-hearted
of all sed un-enl1ing
s""""rs total annlhllation
guitare "tiff
forever aad ever starlng
I{oPE
op'1'l6lqt 11d
SUN up-h'lnning
lirr"g",
nsEE
Jantel lostt t'rance-like'
arxd
sKTllln
rm
ffi
siylne
;TTm
the nuslc a vasT hypnotJ.c suIRL, therers fog a:rd therers devt
arcdtherers ne, aled-therets you, ltls so beautlfttll ltrs so
uondetdul...
gultllll€f' It sulns before oy eyost
It nas a beautLful
of sparkre-bg ehroner
. ,""_"pr.y
black upoo nioill-"ra
the Sea Urchins are:
vocq'l er acoustic gultar
JAMESROBERTS:
MARTIN:baee gultar
DARREN
PATRICKROBERTS:drune
rhYbhn gultar
SIMONI,IOODCOCK:
BRIDGETDUtrHt: vox or$an1 tanbourine
ROBERTCOOKSEI:lead gultar
I'laelr rEcords have been:
,rcIJNG HtLMn fle:d.dlsc (rvlrcn
oor)
nsu}luERSI{INErfle:ddl'sc
(sH^t_tl_LA oo5)
nPRISfIIfE CI{RfSTINEI - the debrut
Ep - SARAH1
And theyrre
stlll
only
eight€€tnoorrr
noH c0MEIT{E REVoLImON, I{ONEr...r
YEAH, 0K, cut the aute hJ.storlca,l crapr thls is US novt
vlz nSARAHrrar'4 look I donrt vant to nrks tlis pr€ss-release
eone klnde Bf,G POIJTICAL STAIE!,IENIJust eufflce it to say that
shsn f'look at the RECORD
IIIDUSTRYI juet see
sna'l|-6l16ed
short-slghted
'
crayl{ng
decelt
CAPITAIJST cheats
llrept
arrd scheneg (or elee chlldlehly
drEans a'd the lees sald there thc better lgnored...)
please throv us tho crunbe fron your table Mr. E.M.I.
f grow up f uant to be 6oooooo lLke you
oh
uhen
you prefer,
OR, if
nuoNEYt'tAKESTHE WoRLDG0 RoUNDTHE I{oRLD G0 RoIll{D THE ',IORLD
OH MON...N
GO,ROIIND
1!a-1a et-cetera.
BUT IIOT OURWORLO,Oft
THfS one sneers and splts C0NTEMPT
on the hypocrltlcal
Tory-bound values you (dear reader) hold dear, desplte your
credlblIlty-cravlng
face-eavlng publlc squea'l{ngs (knov your
en6ny: thore uasnrt too nueh to knov. Knov your N.M.E.....)
CLOC,GING
UP potantlal llves e.nd SPOILING... a.ad presentlng
Lnstead sinply a rau effuslon of TOTALPOP CONSCIOUSNESS
through nedj,un of shiny black vlr1yl...
called
AVAILABI,E0N ?'l oNLY - that rnatters, ltls
or Bonetlues,
ln lighter
nNoT GIVING INll
nood,,
'rPoPMUSrCt
t tl !n
\-*r'
. and sonetlneet
aoneuhefe,
'-'-
late at rdght -
'-.*
,dE*t
'
ltr s 4,11 eo
''* suddenly sinplel oinple as tbis bullet betseea tJre eyes:
tco FucKrNcDrE.. . n
x;iil.;t+;
!1,.
. r:i
I
comingsooh...
Out ln early January
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