The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M this album has struck me

this album has struck me with a vengeance

and loss to feel like they’re not alone

it flew in the face of everything that was going on in music

The band’s second 1969 album

Years in the making

The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M this album has struck meDiscussing 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