Fire Engines "Hungry Beat"
Acute Records ACU 9 CD/Digital
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The Fire Engines formed, did absolutely everything in the most chaotic and unconventional manner possible, and broke up 18 months later. Considered one of the three main movers on the fertile Scottish post punk scene of the early 1980s with the much poppier Orange Juice and slightly more accessible Josef K, Fire Engines drew from similar influences but leaned towards darker and more abrasive sources: Velvet Underground, the Voidoids, Television, the artier end of UK punk and early post-punk like the Pop Group and the Fall, and perhaps most importantly, a copy of No New York, particularly the Contortions. The Fire Engines music was angular but funky, discordant but melodic, terse and energetic. During their brief career they released 3 singles and a mini-LP, all of which are contained on Acute's new compilation Hungry Beat.
Marketing/Promotion:
- Press by ForceField PR
- Radio by Terrorbird
- Fire Engines have gotten back together again and should be playing shows on both sides of the pond for a limited time only this fall.
- Cool live video of the Fire Engines playing “Big Gold Dream” on the BBC in 1982 already circulating on You Tube.
Fire Engines Facts:
- Franz Ferdinand list The Fire Engines as one of their biggest influences.
- In 2005 Franz Ferdinand invited The Fire Engines to play a Christmas show with them in Glasgow.
- Domino Records released a split Franz Ferdinand/Fire Engines 7" with each band covering the other’s song as well as a Fire Engines cd of demos, out takes and radio sessions.
- Most of the original Fire Engine’s material came out on Fast Product/Pop Aural, labels run by Bob Last who also discovered Human League, Gang of Four, and the Mekons.
Reissue Facts:
- Essential early 80s UK Post Punk that has been out of print since the early 90s.
- Our reissue features a deluxe 16 page color booklet with extensive liner notes from a friend of the band and their original label boss, Bob Last of Fast Product, plus original cover art and band photos.
- The band has been name-dropped endlessly; finally the original recordings are available!
Tracklisting: 1. Candyskin 2. Meat Whiplash 3. Get Up and Use Me 4. Everything's Roses 5. Big Gold Dream 6. Plastic Gift 7. Sympathetic Anaesthetic 8. Discord 9. New Thing in Cartons 10. Hungry Beat 11. Lubricate your Living Room 1 12. Lubricate Your Living Room 2 13. Get Up and Use Me (Version) 14. Sympathethic Anaesthetic (Version) 15. New Thing in Cartons (Version) 16. Plastic Gift (Reprise)
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