FALL, THE - Extricate LP grunge Since the beginning of the

Since the beginning of the 80's

you start nodding off but then are jolted awake by the gentle beauty of it all and wonder how people create music so soporific whilst actually staying awake

Both Mudhoney and Nirvana supported them in their early days - Kurt Cobain and co's first UK tour actually finding them propping up a three-band bill with the aforementioned - yet for whatever reason

and Sam Haberman (drums)

The sprightly post-punk of Essentials commands attention

FALL, THE - Extricate LP grunge Since the beginning of theHighly recommended. This is The Fall's twentieth LP, not counting the 77 Early Years 79 comp, the originally cassette format only Live In London 1980 and the two Japanese 1988 89 box sets. Sandwiched between I Am Kurious Oranj and Shift Work from 1991 to be entered in a sec. 20 seconds in the band launches into this LOCK of a groove, not to ever let it go again. And so things get going. Then "I'm Frank" starts and it's incredible. This is the slick,