To kickstart another week, I've uploaded the entire discography of rare and forgotten U.K. post-punk outfit Victims of Romance. Naturally, as with any band that has but three songs in their (reported) discography, there's little information to be found through various internet sources, but I've come up with a small dollop.
Victims of Romance was conceived in Yorkshire, featuring a female singer with the drawl of a passionate and operatic Patti Smith (complete with the occasional spoken word rant). The band's style was jerky, sharp, and minimal, with easy comparisons to early era Siouxsie and the Banshees, with a splash of synthesizer tossed in for good measure. The band split quickly after recording a handful of tracks, each of the members defaulting to various other projects, none of which got any further off the ground than Victims of Romance.
The three tracks I've managed to acquire all hail from a 1981 self-titled 7'' release, all three having been compiled numerous times on various post-punk and U.K. punk collections. Here they are, for your listening pleasure:
download Victims of Romance- 'Abigail's Party'
download Victims of Romance- '9a.m.'
download Victims of Romance- 'All There Is'
Happy Monday, ladies and gentlemen!
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