Furniture ‎– The Lovemongers [LP] (1986, Premonition Records)

The British pop band Furniture was founded in London in 1981 by vocalist Jim Irvin, guitarist/pianist Tim Whelan and drummer Hamilton Lee. A 1983 self-financed EP, 'The Boom Was On', won the trio a contract with the Survival label, and after swelling to a five-piece with the additions of bassist Sally Still and keyboardist Maya Gilder, they began issuing a string of singles, later collected as the LP 'The Lovemongers', a self-consciously retro blend of jazz, funk, soul, ballroom, put together with a punk, in-your-face, do-it-yourself sensibility. From the post-punk nihilism of the title track, through the funky "Throw Away the Script" to the characteristic uncontrolled emotionalism of Whelan's singing on "I Can't Crack", there are elements of misjudgement and downright naffness, but that only increases its charm -a real record made by real people, and thus the perfect antidote to airbrushed, manufactured pop. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

Label: Premonition Records – PREM 6 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1986 

Style: New Wave, Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop

 

Tracklist: 

A1 The Lovemongers 2:56 

A2 Throw Away The Script 4:27 

A3 Love Your Shoes 3:36 

A4 Escape Into My Arms 4:17 

A5 What The Fog Said 5:20 

B1 Dancing The Hard Bargain 3:55 

B2 Bullet 5:10 

B3 Talking Kitten 3:54 

B4 Sang Froid 5:25 

B5 I Can't Crack 4:14 

 

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