Butterflies Don’t Go Away: Ghost of Fun Milky Clear Vinyl Double LP
NUM224lp-C2Label: Numero Records
Release Date: 29th March
If you didn't know Majesty Crush (and until this Numero release we didn't) you'd think they were from some small town in England, honing their swashing guitars, clipped drums and estuary English vocals in a suburban garage but they were from Detroit the birthplace of Motown, MC5, Stooges and Techno.
Consider this an introduction to one of the forgotten shoegaze greats as Numero reissue their debut album 'Love 15' along with singles, b-sides and rarities on this new comp.
Driven by lust-fueled limerence and drifting far from conformity, Butterflies Don’t Go Away captures Majesty Crush’s transient, yet subversive mark on the landscape of American shoegaze to come. Tracked between 1991-1995, the quartet reimagined the collapse of the American rust belt as a late-night, nail biting fever dream/revenge fantasy. This deluxe 2xLP compiles their Love 15 album, singles, EPs, and rarities, all remastered from the original tapes, with thorough annotation and visual documentation in a 24-page booklet. An immortal transcendence if there ever was one.
SIDE A
1. Boyfriend
2. Uma
3. No.1Fan
4. Brand
5. Purr (Interlude)
6. Seles
SIDE B
7. Grow
8. Pretty Head (Interlude)
9. Cicciolina
10. Penny For Love
11. Skin (Interlude)
12. Feigned Sleep
13. Horse
SIDE C
14. No. 1 Fan (EP Version)
15. Worri
16. Horse (EP Version)
17. Sunny Pie
18. Cicciolina (7” Version)
SIDE D
19. Purr (7” Version)
20. Space Between Your Moles
21. Seine
22.If JFA Were Still Together
23. Ghost Of Fun