The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M All Of My Thoughts

All Of My Thoughts

this album has struck me with a vengeance

Dry Wind A4

Years in the making

and loss to feel like they’re not alone

The Fall – Slates (Vinyl) R.E.M All Of My ThoughtsDiscussing The Falls music retrospectively feels counterintuitive because they were so forward thinking. But if we revisit their 1981 EP (or album, depending on your stance), Slates, it becomes very transparent that it was a significant moment in The Falls trajectory. Along with their 1980 LP Grotesque (After the Gramme), this is when The Fall became a fully formed artistic vision with its own nuances, characters, worlds and uniquely Lancastrian