• Limited Edition 12" Vinyl LP

  Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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  Incredibly, despite two decades of recording history, The Bitter Springs have never had a full-length vinyl release until now. “The Odd Shower” has been four years in the making, and is, unequivocally, the band’s finest work. Listeners will be dazzled by the consistency and peculiar brilliance of each and every track.
  
  As a label, we’re sometimes afforded the chance to get behind a release that’s more deserving of attention than albums by artists with much bigger profiles, and “The Odd Shower” is a prime example of such an occasion.
  
  Dismayed by the lack of attention to their earlier work, much of Simon and crew’s recent work was released only digitally. Rather than continue on that path, they redoubled their efforts to create an album which deserved their full treatment.
  
  A 7” 45, “Love Rat” / “Less Than Love” preceded this album and some of the tracks hereon, but as infectious as that single was, it provides by sparing hints to the magnificent contents of the album.
  
  There’s a Postcard Records feel to the the the album - that bilious humour, a sarcastic sentimentality hovering in contrast to absurdist portraits of the modern age, and Vic Godard’s omnipresent influence best explained by his newly enshrined position as the band’s organist.
  
  Their pugilistic yet literary sensibilities may be at odds, but they’ve allowed for the addictive electro-tango of “Words Of Love”, the bizarre social commentary/celebration/comedy of “Girls In FITS” (that’s “fighting in the streets”), the Fallish guitar and keyboard rant underlining “Angry All The Time”, and minimalist folk homily Mistakes, which self-reflects for barely a minute.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of The Odd Shower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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• Limited Edition Compact Disc

  Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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  Due to public demand and the fact that "The Odd Shower" will is sold out on vinyl (except for a small quantity available from our retail distributor from 31 January 2020), we're offering a CD version of the album.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of The Odd Shower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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• Digital Album

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  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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• Full Digital Discography

  Get all 3 The Bitter Springs releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Suburban Crimes Of Every Happiness, The Odd Shower, and Love Rat / Less Than Love. , and , .

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