Departure, The /Post-Punk, from UK/

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The Departure formed in January 2004 after initially starting life in Northampton as a collaboration between a former Christian commune inhabitant called David Jones (vocals/guitar) and his friend Sam Harvey (guitar). After recruiting old school associate Ben Winton (bass) and Lee Irons (guitar), the lineup was completed with the addition of Andy Hobson (drums) via a website. Jones described the concept of the band to music webzine Drowned in Sound: "We all got quite excited about the whole ethos of what we’re trying to do, which is to take 1980s reference points and transcend them into modern day, edgy, instant kind of sounds."

The band were signed to Parlophone Records after playing only three gigs and being together for just four months, a fact that attracted a not inconsiderable level of derision and scepticism. Touring slots with Placebo, The Tears and a reformed Gang Of Four soon followed as the band sought to build a support base ahead of their first wing of releases. Debut single All Mapped Out was released on August 2nd 2004 and debuted at number 30 on the UK singles chart. Follow up single Be My Enemy emerged on October 18th 2004 and was included on the soundtrack to the FIFA 06 video game.

The Departure released their debut album ‘Dirty Words’, produced by Steve Osborne (who has also worked with New Order, Suede and Happy Mondays), a year after signing to Parlophone. The album was trailed the week before its release by the reissue of the All Mapped Out single, which disappointingly charted lower than the original. The album itself drew a mostly middling response from critics, who varied between praising the album for its bleak, futuristic atmosphere and slating it for its perceived superficiality and over-reliance on the music of the 80s for inspiration.

A UK tour and festival appearances followed soon after. In early 2006, it was announced that guitarist Lee Irons had left the band citing artistic differences. This news was followed by the announcement that drummer Andy Hobson was to leave also. [citation needed] He was replaced by the band's original drummer, Simon Alexander. The four-piece are currently working on the follow-up to Dirty Words in Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland which is expected to see a release in 2007, confirmed in a recent bulletin on their MySpace website.

https://myspace.com/thedeparturemusic


The Departure "Dirty Words"




1. Just Like TV
2. Talkshow
3. Only Human
4. All Mapped Out
5. Arms Around Me
6. Lump In My Throat
7. Dont Come Any Closer
8. Changing Pilots
9. Be My Enemy
10. Time
11. Dirty Words

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энергичный саунд в духе некоторых вещей She Wants Revenge и второй пластинки Editors........Вокал не столь апатично мрачный,как у Interpol, Joy Division и тех же Editors, скорее в духе brit-pop команд.