Albums include colossal youth final day radio silents cakewalking and wanna buy a bridge.
Young marble giants rym.
Moxham and mottram became the gist and made more records for rough trade.
Colossal youth an album by young marble giants.
Welsh new wave band who shocked the world by being quiet and introspective in an age of loud punk posturing.
Young marble giants were a band who exemplified the saying less is more in their case a hell of a lot more.
Released in may 1980 on rough trade catalog no.
Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978.
Music profile for young marble giants formed 1978.
Young marble giants were a band who exemplified the saying less is more in their case a hell of a lot more.
Their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham.
I guess when you have so few essential elements to your music it s hard for that music to survive having one of those elements taken away.
Released in 1979 on n a catalog no.
Colossal youth an album by young marble giants.
Rough lcd 8 rough us 89.
It s a memorable document of a band whose star shone very brightly very quickly before just as swiftly burning itself out.
It s a memorable document of a band whose star shone very brightly very quickly before just as swiftly burning itself out.
Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time.
Statton went on to form weekend who later became working week.
Young marble giants discography and songs.
Young marble giants were formed from the ashes of true wheel which also included friends matthew davis and louise porter later signed to emi stuart moxha.
Stuart moxham guitar organ programming backing vocals philip moxham bass alison statton vocals.