vinyl includes four tracks from the CD release (and a download of the whole album):
1 Saint Etienne Steeplechase
2 Floatation Toy Warning The Buoys Are Back In Town
1 Hannah Peel The Bully
2 Ellis Island Sound Ergo Squad Box
transparent vinyl, lathe cut 10" in handprinted sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of wia2012 - It's The Taking Part That Counts
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Tokyo 2020 hand embroidered edition (double compact disc)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of wia2012 - It's The Taking Part That Counts
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Gold edition (deluxe double compact disc)
Compact Disc (CD)
comes with 26 page booklet, with illustrations for each track
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Tokyo 2020 quadranscentennial edition (double compact disc)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
double CD comes in handmade black and silver case
Includes unlimited streaming of wia2012 - It's The Taking Part That Counts
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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"The Modern Pentathlon is one of the more enigmatic Olympic events, with its own romanticised mythology. It was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games. He called it the Modern Pentathlon to distinguish it from the Ancient Pentathlon in which ancient Greeks competed at five events that were considered the skills for the ideal soldier. Coubertin updated it to mirror the ideal of a 19th century cavalry soldier and the events reflect a mythical story of a Napoleonic solder caught behind enemy lines: to deliver an urgent dispatch, he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim, and run.
I figured this would be as good a place to start as any, especially when I learnt of the English Admiral of the Fleet and scourge of Napoleon's forces, John Jervis. This was a name-drop too good to miss! To reflect the theme of five events, the song is in 5/4 time, contains 5-line verses covering each of the events (with a victory lap refrain at the end...) and comes in at exactly 5 minutes long! I love it when a plan comes together..."
supported by 39 fans who also own “Behind Enemy Lines”
Another great album - dean wareham, joanna gruesome, lonely tourist, dorotea, the chills, manhattan love suicides & spearmint are all highlights but the whole lot is pretty darn great really martin kiosk
Indie pop is actually punk and exhibit A is the Particles, whose music gets a welcome reissue on Australian indie powerhouse Chapter Music. Bandcamp New & Notable May 4, 2023