The Young Marble Giants

Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time.

The young marble giants.

Statton and stuart moxham are disarmingly modest about the landmark music they made and philosophical about the group s past present and future. Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978. An album that has influenced the likes of nirvana and belle sebastian with its paradoxical combination of abstract sparse electronica and warm intimate introspection. Colossal youth music for evenings the man amplifier choci loni wu.

Their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham. Searching for mr right include me out the taxi eating noddemix constantly changing n i t a. Moxham and mottram became the gist and made more records for rough trade. Young marble giants split in 1980 with recognition and touring inflaming internal tensions.

They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce. Statton went on to form weekend who later became working week. Semi revived but not writing fit they talk to mojo in the lead up to their meltdown show. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade read more.