Gene Loves Jezebel - Discover + Glad To Be Alive40th Anniversary Edition Vinyl LP

Expected: 7/24/26

Discover is the breakthrough third album by Gene Loves Jezebel. Originally released in 1986, Discover captures Gene Loves Jezebel at a watershed moment, propelling the band to an international audience.

This 40th Anniversary expanded edition has been remastered and expanded across a double LP with updated artwork. The second LP contains Glad to Be Alive, a live recording from a 1986 Nottingham show, pressed to vinyl here for the first time since its original release. Capturing the band in full flight, it offers a raw counterpoint to the studio record. Louder and unrestrained, demonstrating the energy that drove their rapid ascent during this period.

Speaking about Discover, Jay Aston of the band says: "This is the album where it all came together for me as a singer and a songwriter. I discovered myself." Michael Aston offers: "Feelings with no ceilings, and the thinnest things are a joy forever."

Twin brothers Jay Aston and Michael Aston began making music together in 1980, forming their band initially called Slav Arian with guitarist Ian Hudson and a drum machine. Raised in Porthcawl, South Wales, the Astons relocated to London in 1981, where the project evolved into Gene Loves Jezebel.

On Discover, their sound fully comes into focus, balancing the darker textures of their early work with a sharper, more melodic edge. Built around driving rhythms, chiming guitars and a more expansive sound, the album captured Gene Loves Jezebel hitting their stride with a sound that travelled further than before.

At its center is "Desire (Come and Get It)," the band's most recognizable single. A track that distilled their songwriting into something both urgent and accessible, without losing the edge that defined their early work. Around it, the album moves between taut, rhythm-driven tracks and more expansive, grandiose moments.

Tracks:

LP 1 - Discover

Side A

1. Heartache
2. Over The Rooftops
3. Kick
4. A White Horse
5. Wait And See

Side B

1. Desire
2. Beyond Doubt
3. Sweetest Thing
4. Maid Of Sker
5. Brand New Moon

LP 2 - Glad To Be Alive (Live in Nottingham)

Side C

1. Up Stairs
2. Over The Rooftops
3. The Rhino Plasty
4. Worth Waiting For

Side D

1. Immigrant
2. Cow
3. Brittle Punches
4. Pop Tarantula

Label: Beggars Banquet Us