The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M remixed September 1972 at Dierks

remixed September 1972 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln

The band’s second 1969 album

Celebrated singer-songwriter Reb Fountain’s self-titled album marks a new chapter in the kiwi artist’s career and her first full-length release on Flying Nun Records

‘Elephant’ has been often dubbed their finest moment and features the singles ‘The Hardest Button to Button’ and the global hit ‘Seven Nation Army’

Years in the making

The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M remixed September 1972 at DierksDiscussing The Falls music retrospectively feels counterintuitive because they were so forward thinking. But if we revisit their 1981 EP (or album, depending on your stance), Slates, it becomes very transparent that it was a significant moment in The Falls trajectory. Along with their 1980 LP Grotesque (After the Gramme), this is when The Fall became a fully formed artistic vision with its own nuances, characters, worlds and uniquely Lancastrian