Needles & Grooves AoTM /// Vol. 9 - March 2020 /// X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

Teeeee said:
The heck is going on in here?

@teefer - didn't we get some sorta clue but not really a clue yesterday? And didn't I say, "that might be a clue but it will mean nothing to me because I'll forget" or something like that? At least I am consistent.
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Yes! That's right, @girlnevergoesout said it wasn't widely available on vinyl when she joined, but it was now. If I remember correctly...
 
Teeeee said:
I would not know. I am horrible at this game. But I think she meant when the N&G AOTM idea thing started - so at month 0.
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Dang, if that's true then Juju is ruled out as it was reissued for the first time since 1984 in mid 2018. I think all the other Siouxsie albums were reissued then as well. Unless, since they are EU releases, they weren't imported well until mid 2019. Hmm, that seems like a stretch.

If it isn't, "I Heard A Rumour" seems like such a big coincidence!
 
Teeeee said:
I would not know. I am horrible at this game. But I think she meant when the N&G AOTM idea thing started - so at month 0.
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So we're looking for an album that has had a widespread reissue since June 2019 after being OOP for a while? Or alternatively, a newer album (released after June 2019) by a band that has been putting out material for years and are influential but haven't received the recognition they deserve.
 
I'll guess Raincoats - Odyshape from 1981

The clues that lead me here are "drummer is a dude" - after Palmolive left to form the Slits, a rotating door of male post-punk legends recorded the drum parts on this record. Also, this album was reissued in Nov 2019 after being out of print for a while.

I can connect a lot of the lyrical content to the other clues, but not confidently enough to bother typing it out at this point 😂

I've been meaning to pick up this new reissue either way, so this would be a nice excuse to do so.
 
geporter said:
So we're looking for an album that has had a widespread reissue since June 2019 after being OOP for a while? Or alternatively, a newer album (released after June 2019) by a band that has been putting out material for years and are influential but haven't received the recognition they deserve.
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Still sounds like Chromatics to me!
 
D Jilla said:
I'll guess Raincoats - Odyshape from 1981

The clues that lead me here are "drummer is a dude" - after Palmolive left to form the Slits, a rotating door of male post-punk legends recorded the drum parts on this record. Also, this album was reissued in Nov 2019 after being out of print for a while.

I can connect a lot of the lyrical content to the other clues, but not confidently enough to bother typing it out at this point 😂

I've been meaning to pick up this new reissue either way, so this would be a nice excuse to do so.
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Looks like the Odyshape reissue from 2011 is still available. The 2019 reissue on discogs says limited to 500, but is still available some places too.
 
teefer said:
If we're looking at electronic bands and being loose with the term "drummer" it could also be EBTG or Yaz which both had out of print albums reissued last year.
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I feel like we're not being loose with the term drummer in the sense that it is going to be a human being, with a penis, hitting (faux?) animal skins with wooden sticks on the recording.
 
Ok so let's be serious, it's time to guess the right record. First thing: it's not Bloc Party, released in 2004 (hint #7), and probably not The Shorts as there are no recent reissues (really bad, I would join Voldemort if they do an exclusive of this).

In all seriousness, ALL seriousness. I think it's a girl band with a man on drums. @ChristoBee, according to hint #11 you can rule out Debbie Deb, Joni Mitchell, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, Marilyn Manson, and, sorry @Teeeee, Paula Abdul. This pile of magazines does mean something! It may have been a record released or reissued on Feb 2009, it must be. 1 means it's their first album for sure. Hint #8 took me to the Bangles but no dude on drums, I would have loved to walk like an Egyptian but it won't be this month.

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