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Well worth the wait, what a stormer of an album. Can't wait to see them live at The White Hotel and such a shame that Peter Greenway won't be playing with them.
There's More and Turning Of The Years are absolute class tracks.
10 out of 10 lads!
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Presenting the standard black vinyl version of HOUSE Of ALL's debut album.
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These days everyone seems to love The Fall, but rarely has a band's rise to cult status been quite as lengthy, unpredicted and unprecedented as that of the group of druggy Mancunian misfits who went through more line-up comings and goings than anyone sane would care to count.
Martin Bramah, The Fall's singer until Mark E Smith's lesser guitar skills caused them to swap places, was, per Daryl Easlea, "possibly the last true equal to Smith in the group" and likewise the longest survivor of the original line-up.
Yet while The Fall become famed in part for their legendary productivity, Bramah often went great spans of time between releases, releasing fewer albums in thirty-five years (under any guise) than he has in the last seven with Blue Orchids - who already have a fantastic new album in the can.
What caused HOUSE Of ALL to come together is something of a mystery. Bramah has joined forces with four other mighty Fall alumni: Steve Hanley, The Fall's longest-serving bassist, as well as his brother Paul Hanley, who drummed on what may be the best run of Fall records, from "Grotesque" to "Bend Sinister". The three has also played together as Factory Star, for a brief period. Joining them are two surprise members - drummer Simon Wolstencroft, who joined the Fall around the time Paul left, and more surprisingly, guitarist Pete Greenway, The Fall's long- serving and final guitarist who has, to our knowledge, never played with any of the other four before.
And the album? Recorded in a burst of intense creativity, we won't attempt to propagandise you, as the album speaks loudly for itself, but it wouldn't be a false boast to claim that it stands with much of the best Fall or Blue Orchids music, with an energy and impulse all its own, each member playing as sharply and with as much drive as they ever have, around a kind of motorik- groove energy and with a shocking lack of 'compromise'. It's an album of depth which demands re-listening to uncover its many dimensions, yet satisfies upon first listen.
credits
released May 12, 2023
Si Wolstencroft - drums
Paul Hanley - drums
Steve Hanley - bass, vocals
Pete Greenway - guitar, vocals
Martin Bramah - vocals, guitar
Recorded and mixed by Tomos Williams at Hope Mill Studio, Manchester
Mastered by Dave Trumfio at Chateau Trumfio, Los Angeles
Produced by Martin Beddington for Tiny Global Productions
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This band has been unrecognised for 100 years of sheer brilliance...up till now. As usual, sheer genius, The Fall are the most underrated band of their generation and beyond. mitres
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6/1/26 0633am heard this album during my formative years circa 1981 - prior to the fall, seemingly, breaking up in my formative year's head.. a comedy band by all accounts - to my way of thinking - in the style of the beatles but with proto beatles sensibilities... the quarrymen for the dole dosser generation. loved and hated in equal measure. the live renditions might have some amusing quips added, i do not know. have yet to hear it. the vinyl needs mailing asap. NOTVERYHIPINC
Turbulent post-punk from the Manchester outfit, sustained by biting riffs and scathing commentary on toxic machismo. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 12, 2026
Beguiling, beautiful electro-soul from a Manchester composer and artist who's shared stages with everyone from Angelique Kidjo to New Order. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 1, 2025