This was the first Sisters single released under a distribution contract with a major label WEA. The EP itself is pretty decent, with a nice new recording of Body Electric, but on the whole the band were clearly keeping their powder dry for First and Last and Always. The two tracks on the 12” B-side, Train and Afterhours keep the atmospherics and smoke filled halls of the previous EP, The Reptile House and the mood darkens decidedly. It’s almost as if you’re in the room watching Eldritch taking a long cool draw of a cigarette between vocals on Afterhours. Body and Soul has rather fallen between the cracks; as a non-indie release it didn't make it into Some Girls Wander By Mistake, but only the title track was offered on A Slight Case of Overbombing. Until recent reissues of FaLaA the EP’s tracks remained stubbornly outside of any CD release which allows this rip to fill a gap for the collector of all things “Sisters”. The cover art is based on an engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante's Inferno depicting Dante and Virgil on Hell's Ninth level.
Ripped to 12”s of MP3
Cool!! Thanks AJ
ReplyDeleteThe 12" EP era of the Sisters was their best.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely...right up to and including Under The Gun
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