Mind Bomb

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One of Matt Johnson's best releases. Given the caliber of his releases up to and including the excellent 'Dusk', that's truly saying something. HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project announced in the spring of 2014 that they would be publishing the first official biography of the The. Authored by Neil Fraser, it will apparently [ according to whom?] have the full cooperation of Matt Johnson. The The released their official studio album debut, the synth-noir classic Soul Mining, in 1983. It featured the minor UK No.71 hit " This Is the Day", as well as a new recording of the The performing "Uncertain Smile". Produced by Johnson and Paul Hardiman, it featured guest appearances from Orange Juice's drummer Zeke Manyika, Jools Holland, Thomas Leer and JG Thirlwell (a.k.a. Foetus).

In October 2023, the The announced their first tour since 2018 that will take place in 2024. [13] Members [ edit ] Current touring band members [ edit ]

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And I'll tell you now, Violence of Truth has at least one lyrically much more controversial than any above! The studio EP Shades of Blue was released in 1990. This included cover versions of Fred Neil's "Dolphins" and Duke Ellington's "Solitude" as well as a new original song "Jealous of Youth" and a live version of "Another Boy Drowning" from Burning Blue Soul. This and a later EP of remixes, 1993's Dis-infected, were compiled into a 1994 full-length album for the North American market called Solitude. Blending dense, tightly-wound music with anguished song writing, Mind Bomb is an eloquent statement of rage. Play it very loud, very late and very alone.”

Johnson’s music and words are not for the faint-hearted or feeble-minded. Mind Bomb is an unflinching look at the collective soul with all the lushness and intensity of Infected, but simpler, less dense and more spiritual.”Johnson spent the next few years collaborating with a diverse range of creative individuals, changing personnel from project to project.

Fiona Skinner–graphic designer & film-maker: the The logo & font, typography, cover designs & layouts, video/promo direction. Billboard > Artists / The The > Chart History > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016 . Retrieved 9 June 2017. Offiziellecharts.de – The The – Mind Bomb" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 October 2022. His most accomplished songwriting to date. Some of the most invigorating music to emerge in the late ’80s. Few artworks of any type will ever capture a time and place with the definitive gaze Johnson applied to mid-Eighties Britain on Infected. I borrow a phrase there from one of the likewise rare spirits who might be described as even remotely kindred to him. Where Howard Devoto sang in riddles, parables and allusive nightmare images, Johnson was blunt as a hammer, piercing as nails. You knew precisely what he was getting at, and you knew precisely where he was getting at it: you felt it pounded in though skin and tendons. A crucifixion of a kind. Think I'm exaggerating? Listen to Infected again and see if he isn't nailing himself to a figurative cross alongside this island Golgotha's irredeemable brigands.Uniquely optimistic yet tortured and anguished, Mind Bomb is TheThe’s most impressive work to date. A meld of bitter images and desperate hopes focusing on the individual conflicts and politics of a troubled world.” The album trails at the end. "Gravitate To Me", a good song, is rendered mediocre next to the excellent "August & September". I could have done without (the blahness of) "Beyond Love", or would much rather have preferred that Mr. Johnson left it off and put the excellent "Jealous Of Youth" on in its stead.

Johnson is still thinking, trying to get things done, contributing his fraction to make the world a saner place.” Each song is a spiritual quest. His music is cathartic, instinctive, perhaps occasionally prophetic. In the spring of 2014, it was announced by Sony Music Entertainment that they plan to release a Soul Mining 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Boxset in the summer of 2014. The reissue was remastered by Matt Johnson at Abbey Road Studios. We (friends and I) used to do this bit for a gag, hands cupped over mouth to simulate its Darth Vader rumble. "WHO IS IT, LUKE?"

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Matt Johnson assembled a full band of The The, retaining his role as singer, primary songwriter, frontman and guitarist (and playing keyboards and other instruments in the studio), and bringing in guitarist Johnny Marr. Johnson had known Marr since the early 1980s, and had attempted to entice him into an earlier version of The The prior to Marr forming The Smiths. Completing the lineup was former Julian Cope band bass guitarist James Eller and session drummer David Palmer (while D.C. Collard provided live keyboards). Additional instrumentation on Mind Bomb was provided by sessioneers, most notably keyboard player Wix. Mind Bomb is the third studio album by English post-punk band The The. [7] [8] It was released by Some Bizzare/ Epic on 11 July 1989 and recorded between October 1988 and May 1989. It is the band's first album to feature former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Children Of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 V.A CD1 - CD2 (1) The album is an absolute stunner and confirms Matt Johnson’s position as one of the best songwriters in the country.”