The Fall - Slates 10" 12-inches the album's heady textures and

the album's heady textures and rhythmic meditations are more reminiscent of the German Kosmische movement (Cluster

fluid and always marked by a tension between the performers and their conscious rejection of traditional forms

it wasn't made with any intention other than the enjoyment of making it

Featuring an expanded five-piece lineup with Mary Heney on guitar/vocals and Peter Fryer on viola

Voag was dragged by the SPG to his Bloomsbury squat

The Fall - Slates 10" 12-inches the album's heady textures andIf The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In presenting these six particular songs as a 10 inch EP, the inherent and attractive difficulty of The Fall's sound is made physical, framing the urgency of their singles from this period (notably How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' and Lie Dream of a Casino Soul) alongside lengthy rumblings normally restricted to long players. The tumbling and phased