And when they do it s never easy for singer alison statton a chiropractor by day to locate her game face.
Young marble giants singer.
Their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham.
Welsh new wave band who shocked the world by being quiet and introspective in an age of loud punk posturing.
Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time.
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.
Alison statton born march 1958 is a welsh singer best known for her work with young marble giants.
It s always about me re facing the awkwardness that i ve always felt with live performance she tells mojo in familiarly soft tones.
Fans of the singer have included kurt cobain courtney love stephin merritt belle and sebastian and renato russo.
Statton went on to form weekend who later became working week.
Find young marble giants discography albums and singles on allmusic.