Something That Only The Wake Could Bring

The Wake - Something That No One Else Could Bring [FAC 178 UK 1979 24-Bit FLAC]

The final release on Factory Records by The Wake was this four track twelve inch EP which marked their move into more of a guitar based indie-pop sound which also featured the first tracks with Carolyn Allen on lead vocals. The cheerful Pale Spectre was promo'd as a seven inch single however, even of the back of C86 jangle pop, Factory chose not to release it.

The EP lines up as a series of stepping stones between the band's Factory years and the upcoming Sarah Records period and the move to twee. Plastic Flowers could easily have been a track from Here Comes Everybody with its washes of synth and the gentle vocal harmonies by Caesar and Carolyn. Furious Sea nods back at the period running up to the second album, however Gruesome Castle in significant in that switch in direction to guitar indie-pop. Pale Spectre could easily have been an indie hit in its own right ...and perhaps should have been.

A1 Gruesome Castle
A2 Pale Spectre
B1 Furious Sea
B2 Plastic Flowers


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