Artery - Civilisation

Their 1st album in 27 years. On 10th October 2011 Artery will be releasing their first album since the cult 1984 record ‘The Second Coming’; now back and more powerful than ever they’ve already been picking up steam amongst the press. Released physically via their own Twin Speed label and digitally through Cherry Red Records (The Monochrome Set/Dead Kennedys/Felt) they’ve found a more than fitting home. Originally hindered by distribution, they’re now amassing a full on assault for late 2011. In the back drop of a recession, rioting and the World seemingly turning itself inside out, Artery thrust themselves back into the fray with an album littered with modern dystopian commentary and it’s reflected no more in the lead track Civilisation; with its Industrial post punk crash of bass and drums and searing guitar lines Mark Gouldthorpe spits out: "To the killers and the thieves take a good long look inside to the rapist and the thieves take a good long look deep down and to the little politician with the voice like a broken chain" Originally formed in the industrial wastelands of Sheffield in 1978. The band released three studio albums and several singles / EPs. Championed by John Peel, they recorded two sessions for the show and featured in the 1982 'Festive 50' at number 9 with the classic 'Into The Garden'. The band eventually broke up in 1985, posthumously releasing a live album of their final gig in Amsterdam. Fast-forward to the year 2000 and the release of the film 'Made In Sheffield', which documented the explosion of post-punk and electronic music in the city. Made In Sheffield featured interviews with the band and footage from the Leeds Futurama Festival performance of 'Afterwards', regarded by many as one of the film's most memorable and exciting moments. 2006 saw two retrospectives of the band's work being released simultaneously: the 'Afterwards' and 'Into The Garden' compilation albums. In 2007 Jarvis Cocker invited the band to reform for the prestigious 'Meltdown' festival at London's Royal Festival Hall. After performing several nostalgia-based shows, the band settled down in 2010 to write and record their first album in over 20 years. The resulting studio album CIVILISATION is set for release later in 2011.  They have already been playing on BBC 6 by Jarvis Cocker and Gideon Coe as well as Janice Long on BBC Radio 2. “Without their inspiration a lot of what took place in the intervening years probably wouldn’t have happened. Sometimes you see something & it opens a door somewhere in your head. I hope this does the same for you.” Jarvis Cocker..  //  “Artery are one of the great unsung bands of the post punk era” The Quietus  //  “‘Into The Garden’, for instance, is a grandiose proto-gothic mix of one-two beats and slashes of lightning prog guitar backing lyrics about taking an “identical twin sister” for something sordid behind the geraniums” NME ‘Sunspun Heroes’ 2010  //  “A performance of darkness and light, intensity and intrigue, and about as far from an exercise in nostalgia as you can get” Pennyblack Music  //  

Tracks:

1 Standing Still, 2 The Prediction 3 A Song For All The Lonely People 4 Is It All For Real? 5 Waiting In The Subway 6 Unfaithful Girlfriend 7 The Stalker 8 The Night An Angel Was Raped 9 Who’s Afraid of David Lynch 10 Civilisation 11 Into Oblivion

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