Swirls Away, by Red Glance

Swirls Away

by Red Glance

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marc_ian IMHO more comparable to old Talking Heads, Roxy Music and Eno (minus electronic gymnastics and expanded instrumentation) than REM or Husker Du. Favorite track: Running Wounded.

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For a short while in 1982, a little band in the Hoosier capital found a big voice. These recordings were all done live, and still sound as fresh as this afternoon.

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1.	Swirls Away 02:54	buy track
2.	When I Closed My Eyes 03:23	buy track
3.	Creeps 05:00	buy track
4.	Blurr 03:44	buy track
5.	Spectator 03:01	buy track
6.	On The Wall 03:45	buy track
7.	Skin 01:49	buy track
8.	Designs Of Triumph 05:39	buy track
9.	Fall 02:49	buy track
10.	Lost In A Field 04:15	buy track
11.	In Dreaming Of The Womb 04:32	buy track
12.	Running Wounded 03:19	buy track
13.	She Walks With The Beauty Of The Moon 08:48	buy track
14.	Valerie 03:08	buy track
15.	My Moment 05:00	buy track
16.	Low 03:24	buy track
17.	Love As Corruption 05:52	buy track
18.	Let Her Go 05:27	buy track

about

The early 1980s were a great time to make music. The liberating effects of punk unleashed a gush of energy and emotion into the mainstream of rock'n'roll.

The early 1980s were a horrible time to make music. The liberating effects of punk seemed destined to be co-opted into the synthesized blandishments of new wave. Labels large and small were changing the face of corporate rock, but that face was heavily made-up, shoved under a pile of hair and over a skinny tie. The energy and emotion had to find its way underground, to backwaters like Athens, GA, Minneapolis and, well, Indianapolis.

For a short while in 1982, a little band in the Hoosier capital found a big voice and hammered it for all it was worth. Weaned on everything from 60s British Invasion to Heavy Metal to Neil Young to Funkadelic, filtered through bands like the Velvet Underground, the Ramones and, most profoundly, Television, what came out was moody, sometimes dazzling rock'n'roll. What REM was working on in Athens and Husker Du in Minneapolis, Red Glance was doing in Indianapolis: re-examining rock's past and pointing toward it's future. Here are the roots of alternative rock, grunge, emo and whatever else you want to call where rock has gone and is still going.

Unfortunately for them, Red Glance was short-lived and land-locked. Unlike REM, HD, and other contemporaries like the Dream Syndicate or the Replacements, they never found an audience or a contract.

It would be a shame if Red Glance were ignored again. Not so much for the band--Michael Woods (guitar), Roger Baker (bass), Andy Smith (drums), and Phil Hundley (vocals) are all getting old and gray and are used to being ignored. It would be a shame for you to have missed them twice.

Just for you, Gulcher Records is proud to present SWIRLS AWAY, a collection of Red Glance recordings made over several months in the summer and fall of 1982. Never intended for public release, these recordings were all done live, into little cassette machines. Even at that, they carry quite a wallop and still sound as fresh as this afternoon. They are all that remain of what was a very good band.

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