Name: Black Sea
Brand: XTC

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

APEH7790514.1

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

200 Gram Vinyl. UK Import

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Lasgo

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

633367790514

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Genre US

New Wave & Post Punk

Label US

Ape House

The 1980 release Black Sea represents the last stand of the punchy, angular new wave that had won XTC strong critical and college radio support. Still arranging with an ear toward the stage they'd soon retire from, they continued working in the Drums and Wires style that had christened their previous release. Black Sea brims with XTC trademarks: engaging guitar hooks, cleverly rendered lyrics, and frenetic, creative melodicism. The material represents the pinnacle of XTC's early incarnation - a counterpoint to contemporary punk imbued with style, rhythmic punch, and melodic charm.

Black Sea

Music US