The Young Marble Giants

They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce.

The young marble giants.

Colossal youth music for evenings the man amplifier choci loni wu. Statton and stuart moxham are disarmingly modest about the landmark music they made and philosophical about the group s past present and future. An album that has influenced the likes of nirvana and belle sebastian with its paradoxical combination of abstract sparse electronica and warm intimate introspection. Young marble giants split in 1980 with recognition and touring inflaming internal tensions.

Colossal youth is the legendary debut 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. Searching for mr right include me out the taxi eating noddemix constantly changing n i t a. Semi revived but not writing fit they talk to mojo in the lead up to their meltdown show.

They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade read more. Statton went on to form weekend who later became working week. Moxham and mottram became the gist and made more records for rough trade. Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time.