Life Without Buildings Discography of CDs

Life Without Buildings music CDs Scottish quartet Life Without Buildings broke up in 2002, after three years and two albums. It's a shame that they didn't hang on, because their brand of post-punk revivalism reached the commercial mainstream after their split, thanks to acts like Interpol and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This posthumous live set covers material from the band's entire career in front of what sounds like a small but enthusiastic audience. Singer Sue Tompkins, the band's focal point, is in excellent voice throughout, especially on career highlights "The Leanover" and "PS Exclusive." Personnel: Sue Tompkins (vocals); Robert Johnston (guitar); Will Bradley, Jr. (drums). Recording information: The Annandale Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ...

Life Without Buildings discography The numerous comparisons drawn by Life Without Buildings are across-the-board positive. Through the music and sleeve design, they come across as refugees from Rough Trade's class of 1979. Liliput, the Fall, Delta 5, and even the Slits occasionally come to mind. These female-fronted groups have certainly inspired LWB, but this quartet -- simply a drummer, a bassist, a guitarist, and a vocalist -- offers much more than nostalgia and post-punk plundering. They're more of a pop band, which is just fine. The jagged, economical rhythms of late-'70s and early-'80s post-punk are prominent. Robert Johnston's guitar playing is melodic and pleasant, differing from the cut-and-scrape methods of his forebears: think of Talking Heads' or Throwing Muses' first albums. Unlike many post-punk rhythm sections, the bass of Chris Evans and the drums of Will Bradley aren't reggae-influenced. They provide a plaintive, professional surface for firecracker Sue Tompkins to glide atop, ...

Life Without Buildings songs Track Listing of songs: Love Trinity; Is Is & The Iris; Daylighting;