Young Marble Giants are a band that sounds like no other. They are a fine example of minimalist post-punk, with the addition of an organ and homemade synthesiser. Final Day, which is quite a scary and emotive song, peaked at no. 6 on the UK Indie Charts, four places below its successor Testcard. I own their sole album, Colossal Youth, and can assure you of its brilliance. I think you can download it here. Young Marble Giants split in 1980, which is a shame, because they could have been very influential, but probably inter-personal loathing got the better of them. Stuart Moxham formed The Gist (me neither), Philip Moxham joined The Communards and Everything But The Girl, and singer Alison Statton formed Weekend.
1980, Rough Trade
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