CLOSE LOBSTERS - FIRESTATION TOWERS 1986-1989 Vinyl LP

Fire Records are proud to release this comprehensive collection of one of the label's flagship bands from the early years. Taking it's name; "Firestation Tower", from the track that gained them world-wide recognition when the song featured on NME's influential C-86 compilation; the set brings together their LPs "Foxheads Stalk This Land", "Headache Rhetoric", and "Forever, Until Victory! The Singles Collection". As one of Fire's earliest signings, Close Lobsters stormed up the indie charts with their unique melodic jangle pop and skewed world-view. Their debut "Going To Heaven To See If It Rains" announced the band with a top ten bang, and they never looked back. Burning briefly, but oh so brightly, the band would continue to be sighted as an influence for decades to come.

Track List:

1.1 Just Too Bloody Stupid
1.2 Sewer Pipe Dream
1.3 I Kiss the Flower in Bloom
1.4 Pathetique
1.5 A Prophecy
1.6 In Spite of These Times
1.7 Foxheads
1.8 I Take Bribes
1.9 Pimps
1.10 Mother of God
2.1 Lovely Little Swan
2.2 Gunpowderkeg
2.3 Nature Thing
2.4 My Days Are Numbered
2.5 Gutache
2.6 Got Apprehension
2.7 Gulp
2.8 Words on Power
2.9 Skyscrapers
2.10 Knee Trembler
3.1 Going to Heaven to See If It Rains
3.2 Never Seen Before
3.3 Let's Make Some Plans
3.4 What Is There to Smile About?
3.5 Loopholes
3.6 Nature Thing
3.7 Skyscrapers of St. Mirin
3.8 From This Day on
3.9 Don't Worry
3.10 Firestation Towers
3.11 Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
3.12 Paper Thin Hotel
3.13 Boys and Girls
3.14 Pathetik Trivia
3.15 Get What They Deserve
3.16 Wide Waterways
3.17 Never Seen Before

Label: Fire Records