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Dirt In The Grooves

by The Manhattan Love Suicides

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Now very scarce 7", released on Squirrel Records in 2008. Featuring the tracks "Kessler Syndrome" and "Don't Leave Me Dying". In grip-seal zip-lock bag with one-fold sleeve designed by Rachel from The Manhattan Love Suicides.

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  • More Heat ! More Panic ! Very Limited Edition Vinyl LP !
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The very last handful of copies of The Manhattan Love Suicides' 2nd album, on WHITE VINYL !! Includes black and white printed inner sheet. Artwork by Jon Aldersea/Goldphone Creative Media.

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  • Limited Edition CD (in DVD style packaging with insert sheets)
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Lavish DVD style packaging with 2 insert sheets (printed both sides) featuring info, band photos and images of The Manhattan Love Suicides' album and 7" single artwork. Designed and constructed by Jon Aldersea/Goldphone Creative Media from a concept by The Manhattan Love Suicides.

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Clusterfuck 03:11
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Misery City 02:47
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Suzy Jones 03:09
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Skulls 02:57
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Last Stand 02:39
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Burning Wire 01:55
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about

Formed in 2006. Split in 2009. Re-formed in 2013 and split again in 2016.
During their often-tumultuous existence, they recorded and released a bunch of 7" singles, two full length albums, a 27 track compilation CD and a couple of radio sessions. They played gigs all over the UK, as well as New York, San Francisco, Austin (SXSW...twice !) Philadelphia, Washington DC, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Madrid and Barcelona. They released records on several different labels, including Squirrel Records (UK) Odd Box Records (UK) and Magic Marker Records (US).
Their music is raw sounding, with scuzzy production, often drenched in crackling fuzz, but always with stunningly good pop melodies seeping through the wall of noise. Most bands, who sound rough around the edges when they play live, will polish up their act when they commit their songs to vinyl and CD...but not The Manhattan Love Suicides. This approach won them a lot of supporters... and just as many detractors. The live appearances were never more than 25 minutes in length, even when they were headlining, and verbal communication with the audience was non-existent. "Hit and Run" was their mantra.

The records and CDs that the band released are now either completely sold out and deleted, or they're hard to find. Sometimes, they even sell for what can be referred to as "silly money" on the collector's market. So, with that in mind, it's a good time for Next Phase : Normal Records to step up and release this 23 track collection of the very best recordings by The Manhattan Love Suicides. A perfect introduction for anyone who isn't familiar with them, or just a good way for existing fans to have a whole stack of tunes from this band in one convenient place...

The first pressing of the physical version of this compilation was served up in DVD style packaging with 12 card inserts depicting all the releases in The Manhattan Love Suicides' discography, whereas the current re-issue simply has the artwork images printed on an insert sheet. All artwork for both versions was designed by Jon Aldersea/Goldphone Creative Media.
So, dive into the sound of The Manhattan Love Suicides...a band who believed that anything less than 30 minutes is ample time for anyone to make a point, a band who held the opinion that the music should always be unruly, forceful, a melodic racket with guitars that sound scorched, and delivered with plenty of "Dirt In The Grooves" (hence this title)

credits

released December 9, 2020

Caroline, Darren, Adam, Rachel.
Eddy plays drums on tracks 1, 3, 11, 22, 23. Thanks to Matt Robson, Matt Leach, Pete B for recording duties on some of these tracks, and to Stan for pushing the mastering levels into the red, whenever we asked him to.
Artwork construction by Jon Aldersea/Goldphone Creative Media.

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The Manhattan Love Suicides Leeds, UK

Fuzz drenched, lo-fi, feedback streaked noise pop. This Leeds/London based 4-piece delivered hit n' run 20 minute gigs and fired out a whole bunch of melodic bullets, dipped in sonic cyanide. Their records and CDs were released on various small independent labels, and each one is a masterclass in DIY aesthetics and rough n' raw, post-punk scruffiness. Dress it in black ! ... more

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