Shelf Life (2018 Remaster), by For Against

Shelf Life (2018 Remaster)

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Anthony Childs Great part of the 3LP box set. Now we just need another box set for the rest of their material. Favorite track: Starblind.

brantly These pressings are lovely: nice packaging, good mix, and of course, some of the greatest unsung music of the 90's (and 80's, but that got its due a bit ago). Thanks St, Marie!

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	1.	Shadow 04:04
	2.	Wintersong 04:03
	3.	Starblind 04:21
	4.	Lost 03:24
	5.	Profile 02:57
	6.	Lilacs 04:17
	7.	Harbor 03:42
	8.	Forever 04:52
	9.	Times Square Go-Go Boy 02:28
	10.	Seascape 03:31

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It was surprising-gratifying last decade, when Lincoln, Nebraska stalwarts For Against finally garnered the cult popularity they’d long deserved—at least in Europe, where generous, rapturous crowds hailed them as “darkwave” pioneers. Back home, though, it took this era’s shoegaze explosion/revival to bring them equal underground acclaim, accelerated by Captured Tracks’ 2014 Box Set, compiling their two LPs and EP, 1987-1989. It even received a 7.8 in Pitchfork, suggesting, “If they had gained a tenth of the attention Interpol attracted, it would have been a wonderful world!”

That richly deserved, delayed recognition is bound to heighten with these reissues of their three ’90s records.

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released November 23, 2018

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