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Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978.

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Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978 their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take. From the 1980 album of the same name. From the album colossal youth 1980.

Spare intimate concise and quite possibly perfect the complete recordings of young marble giants are available on colossal youth collected works the cardiff group s sole legendary album colossal youth originally released on the rough trade label in 1980 and one of the definitive albums of the post punk era is also available as a standalone release. The taxi young marble giants colossal youth 2007 domino recording co ltd released on. Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time. Young marble giants released just one full length studio album.

They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce. Extremely low tech drum machine effects and home made. 50 videos play all mix young marble giants the taxi youtube zebra trucks taken from the final day single duration. Young marble giants producer.