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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The first-ever vinyl release of this 2001 album by The Bitter Springs, now including a bonus track previously found only on a Spanish compilation album. Due to the length of the original compact disc, the album is now spread over two forty-minute slabs of 12" vinyl and meticulously remastered by Stuart Moxham.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Suburban Crimes Of Every Happiness 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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Vlad The Inhaler (Rivers / Godard)

sampled drums Daniel Ashkenazy bass, vocals, organ Simon Rivers words, guitars Paul Baker piano, organ, vocals

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VLAD THE INHALER
Is it inhale first? inhale your parents exhale your children you blink and its gone summer was upon us ah loneliness is a crowded bus said you’d be there in the nude well I couldn’t see you now everything’s blue it was the time of ground force shift it chop chop you’re delaying the coach you’re trampled in life so now you bully the old folks breathe in deep and hold hold on and let and go to hold on you let go ba ba ba ba ba ba dead genius’s untalented son did I scrimp and I scrape so you could twiddle your thumbs now I drive you insane but weren’t I once so cute now you chase me upstairs on the end of your boot but I’ve got to get on tom waits for no dude one day you’re just gone lines discontinued not the type of a wound to put a plaster on it’s not the type of an itch you can ignore till it’s gone you must get on your knees before your councillor and agree with the themes that could enable her to repair the damage but that’s another song from the barometer of your era through the micro scope of your peers turn down that game boy it’s driving me mad there was nothing like that when the springs were lads just fire and glass we play on railway tracks teasing would be killers are we guilty of that oh yes we’re guilty of that so what’s that noise trailing off in the distance? It’s the hum and the whir of your filter system scream and you’ll burn bit if you shut up and listen it’s the hum and the whir of your filter system hey what’s that heap just lying on the couch? Grab an arm and a leg let’s sling him out get your hands off of me you cheeky swine well I may have nothing but it suits me fine cos I’m the last in line

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from Suburban Crimes Of Every Happiness, released September 15, 2020

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The Bitter Springs London, UK

Back when similarly literate combos were selling relative boatloads, The Bitter Springs were playing a more diverse and playful iteration of similar material to no particular acclaim.

But history's a funny thing, and after decades of self-releases and obscurity, The Bitter Springs are suddenly picking up steam, with a lauded new album, a full reissue series and a well-deserved new cadre of fans. ... more

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