64.00 PLN

2 CD:

Nr kat.: NAIM183
Label  : NAIM Records

Tellison release a special edition, remastered version of their totally barn-storming cult debut album, ‘Contact! Contact!' through Naim Edge Records in order to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its original release through Gravity DIP/Banquet Records in the Autumn of 2007. ‘Contact! Contact!' established Tellison as one of the cult favourites of London's alt-indie scene, with the entire - 5,000 strong - cd pressing of the original Banquet Records issue being devoured instantaneously by hungry fans, before somehow evaporating into a legend that left its mark on the wealth of UK ‘s bands that to this day cite Tellison as an influence. Somewhere between the hype, the teaming sweaty hives of arm-flailing closed-eyed students who knew every word, the major label A&Rs wraithlike floating at the back of the venue, a Kingston based indie label with bills to pay AND four undergrads pressed with writing dissertations instead of music, somehow Tellison faded into the background - in itself, no bad thing - with the more measured, more qualified impact of their 2011 sophomore album ‘The Wages Of Fear' polling in both a Kerrang! and Rock Sound magazine's ‘Albums Of The Year'. The abundant energy and literary wit of their critically acclaimed debut ‘Contact! Contact!' made it an instant success with muso-teens, students and journalists alike. With the infectious hooks that seasoned ‘C!C!' so vivid and- to this day - so celebrated at every sell-out gig and music festival, perhaps it is the humility and tangibility of Tellison post- ‘C!C!' era that makes this band (and this debut album) so loved by the underground. Five years later, Tellison, still working regular jobs to sustain their double-life as cult rock n' roll stars, wish only for the world to hear it again. As the soundtrack to fidelity and full time education in 2007, five years on ‘C!C!' can now thump to the step of fresh feet. The special edition, remastered cd will ALSO include the previously released, but long since sold out ‘Contact! Contact! Remixed' AS WELL AS 2 extra tracks (previously unreleased on cd format), the single ‘Wasps' Nest' and the popular b-side, ‘Gibraltar' added to the album for both physical and digital release. The band will also be heading off on a very small, very sweaty UK headline tour in support of this release, playing ‘Contact! Contact!' from start to finish, during a week of special shows at the end of November/start of December in the smallest rooms/galleries/libraries/odd buildings they have played in for over five years. In a nutshell, TELLISON are a special band. A very special band that have quietly and rather majestically been making some of the finest underground indie+punk+rock for the best part of a decade. Witty without being crass, smart without being snooty, populist without being obvious, they have been compared to everything from Sugar to Squeeze, R.E.M. to The Pixies. Forming as childhood friends many moons ago, they have toured, recorded, released songs/EPs/albums, made friends, finished University, got jobs, toured some more and then all over again. They released ‘Contact! Contact!' five years ago, played shows with Gallows/Rolo Tomassi/Biffy Clyro/Frank Turner/Mumford and Sons/Bombay Bicycle Club and more. They took a break and then released last years' brilliant second album ‘The Wages Of Fear', that garnered press praise and acclaim, as well as radio support across XFM and Radio 1 and spawned 4 singles and videos). The band are now working on demos for album number 3, which will be released before summer 2013. Produced by Tellison Blackpool Evening Gazette
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