SO FINALLY...it's THE LURKERS! NEW SINGLE AND ALBUM.

This is the original LURKERS, not to be confused with Mr. Arturo Bassick's great live band, this is PETE STRIDE, NIGEL MOORE, and ESSO.

As you may remember we've done a couple of singles with them over the last few years and we met up for a beer a year or so ago and they suggested to do a whole new album, we agreed and I think you're all gonna love the results, it's a real return to form and sits nicely with their albums from the 1970s.

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO RELEASE DATES BEING TWO WEEKS APART, IF YOU ORDER BOTH THE SINGLE AND THE ALBUM, THEY WILL BE SHIPPED TOGETHER WHEN THE ALBUM IS RELEASED, IF YOU WANT THE SINGLE FIRST PLEASE PLACE TWO ORDERS

7" SINGLE SHIPPING THIS WEEK - IN THE SHOPS THIS FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER

FITS YOU LIKE A GLOVE c/w WHEN YOU ARE BORDERLINE

LIMITED EDITION YELLOW VINYL 7" (It was going to be green but it's yellow, no green vinyl was harmed)

We asked the band about the single…

DG: The first single from the album is ‘Fits you Like a Glove’, sounds like a proper old school Lurkers song to me, what made you go for that track?

Pete: We wanted something that was immediately catchy and enjoyable with a bit of oomph and this song ticked all the boxes. it was actually just about the last track we finished and it was written and recorded in a matter of days, so although its a bit rough it does have a good freshness and energy about it.

Nigel: Along with ‘Boys in the Corner’ (from the album) it has a commercial feel, not something we specifically aim for so when one comes up it’s a bonus.

More here https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/the-lurkers-fits-you-like-a-glove/

The B-side is exclusive to this release, it's not on the album...talking of which...

RELEASED on the 9th OCTOBER

THE LURKERS 'SEX CRAZY'

LIMITED EDITION VINYL LP on GREEN OR PINK vinyl / CD / DIGITAL

It's a storming brand new 13 track album including the last two singles 'HIGH VELOCITY' and 'ELECTRICAL GUITAR', you may remember 'Electrical Guitar' reached number one in the Vinyl Singles chart a year or so ago.

Anyway we asked the band about the album...

DG: ‘Sex Crazy’ the track and the title of the album, is there a story behind it and it’s quite a bold title for an album what made you go with that?

Pete: I had the title in my head for quite a while before even attempting to put the actual song together, I knew it was a strong concept and I was pleased to discover that as far as I could see no one had used it before, so the actual writing of the song was fairly easy. As a title for the whole album Sex Crazy works mainly cos its attention-grabbing, but also I think most people will realise that it is a "non-serious" title.. and this is emphasised by the excellent sleeve artwork which we all love.

Nigel: Because people like sex and because it’s only got eight letters in it you can write it big on the cover.

DG: It’s been 4 years since the last Lurkers GLM album, why the long gap?

Pete: our recording process can be very slow, we bring each song to completion before moving on to the next, which means that if a song doesn’t work out then that’s probably at least a month of time wasted. but also "real life and health problems etc can cause long holdups.

Nigel: You can’t rush genius (sic)

Esso: But that’s not long in Lurkerworld – can take months to decide what pub to go in.

DG: There’s still a big audience for punk rock, why do you think the music has stood the test of time?

Pete: At the most basic level I think it comes down to the energy, brevity and sheer catchiness of the best punk tunes.

Nigel: Because it lacks pretention and as it did back in '77 and anyone can have a go. Also……It’s Good.

Esso: It had a definite identity maybe – it was a movement that attracted people who didn’t feel part of the mainstream, and so once finding a home didn’t want to leave it, in fact remaining loyal to that thing that they felt saved them.

DG: When you formed the band back in the ‘70s did you expect you’d still be making records 40-odd years later?

Pete: no not at all, I think I imagined I would be retired and living in a mansion by the age of 30.

Nigel: No, I thought I’d be living on my country estate deciding whether to drive the Aston or the Bentley and throwing rocks at the neighbours.

Esso: Not at all, twenty years old – 40 years was a different world.

More info here https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/the-lurkers-sex-crazy/

Thanks for reading!

IAN & DUNCAN