Monochrome Set Independent Single Collection LP Vinyl

The Monochrome Set's complete independent singles collection including b-sides and rare tracks. Collected from their time at Rough Trade, Dindisc and Cherry Red, a superb collection of genre defying "new wave" pop. Suave; debonair; sophisticated. Haughty, perhaps, for those who favour the pejorative. Aristocratic in more than one sense, classy in at least as many. The Monochrome Set were effortlessly inventive, literate, poised and immaculate of tuneage, possessed of an internal dialogue as a band that allowed them to surf their own narrative. They were just unlike anything else, in layman's terms. Their sound harked back to a golden era of British pop songwriters. But there was nothing retrogressive about their endeavours. Instead they wrote songs that recreated the drama and promise of a Pearl & Dean interval theme, veering from lullaby to mambo to harmonic pop, accompanied by lush melodies and irresistibly playful lyrics that embraced morbidity at one extreme, and pitch-perfect satire at another.

1. He's Frank 2. Alphaville 3. Eine Symphonie Des Grauens 4. Lester Leaps in 5. The Monochrome Set 6. Mr Bizarro 7. He's Frank (Slight Return) 8. Silicon Carne 9. Fallout 10. The Mating Game 11. J.D.H.A.N.E.Y 12. Cast a Long Shadow 13. The Bridge 14. The Jet Set Junta 15. Love Goes Down the Drain 16. Killing Dave 17. House of God (Live) 18. Sweet Death 19. Forever Young 20. Hurting You 21. Little Noises 22. I Love Lambeth 23. Kissy Kissy 24. All Over 25. Closing Time