THE ESCALATORS Moving Staircases Original UK LP - Garage Punk Meteors Tall Boys

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THE ESCALATORS

Moving Staircases

Original UK LP released on Big Beat Records in 1983.

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While the Escalators were formed by two former members of U.K. psychobilly act the Meteors, their first and only album, Moving Staircases, shows a move away their former band's trademark. While there's a faint hint of rockabilly visible around the edges of the Escalators' music, for the most part Moving Staircases leans heavily towards garage punk, with a gloomy yet curiously inviting aural cloud hanging over the music.

Bassist Nigel Lewis and drummer Mark Robertson give the music a firm and steady pulse, but they also let it fade back just enough to give these tunes the determined plod of the walking dead, while Bart Coles' guitar work blends twang with a dash of fuzz, and the finished product manages to sound ominous without turning into a cartoon. The lyrics also lean towards real-life horrors rather than monster movies on songs like "Flanders Field" and "The Day the Sun Burned Down," while the excesses of mid-'80s British consumer culture are raked over the coals in "Sloane Rangers" and "Video Club." And though the vocalists don't have a wealth of range, they certainly make themselves understood, and there's a direct, unpretentious tone to their work that gets the job done with no fuss and significant impact.

The Escalators lasted less than a year, and judging from this album, that's a shame -- they rocked with genuine nocturnal force, and they avoided the excesses of their peers to make an album that rocked with heart, soul and intelligence.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

The Day The Sun Burned Down
Sloane Rangers
Video Club
Flanders Fields
Young Men
Cut Up
Eskimo Rock

Side Two

Slumberland (Vicky's Song)
Dog Eats Robot
The Camden Crawl
Survivalists
Starstruck
Monday (Bonus Extended Version)

Released on 'Big Beat Records' in 1983

Catalogue No. WIK M 15

Disc is in VG+ condition (light surface marks)

Sleeve is in EX condition

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