{"product_id":"late-late-show","title":"Late, Late Show","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a ten year pursuit, Efficient Space finally presents Late, Late Show, the last\nrecordings of influential Sydney-via-Newcastle band pel mel. Taped in the mid-’80s,\nthese charmingly unvarnished sessions pare the combo back to their core, producing\nblue-collar sophisti-pop to a danceable LinnDrum beat. From the funky disco-not-\ndisco of ‘Mr President’ to the effortless pop perfection of ‘Fool’s House’, the six\ntracks reveal a creatively open and well-oiled pel mel before they inevitably\ndisbanded.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormed in early 1979 as a misfit sextet from steel and surf town Newcastle, pel mel\nwere inspired by New York and UK’s post-punk imports. Cutting their teeth speeding\nthrough originals and Joy Division, Wire and The Buzzcocks covers every Friday\nnight to a regular turnout of dole bludgers, students and the under-age, the band\nwould also cross-pollinate with electronic-leaning support act The Limp. In 1980,\nthey decamped to Sydney to join the city’s flourishing alternative music scene\nalongside the likes of Laughing Clowns, Tactics, The Reels, Wild West and the M\nSquared crew, making an indelible mark with two albums and several singles as the\nonly domestic signee of Factory’s Australasian licensee GAP Records. Catchy and\nintelligently experimental without being noisy, their musicianship and enduring legacy\ncontinues to be lauded by peers.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndoubtedly some of their strongest output, this previously unreleased demo suite\ndocuments pel mel free from the pressures of a commercial outcome, naturally\nelevating them to a class alongside Orange Juice, Antena and Young Marble Giants.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Efficient Space","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50490451525963,"sku":"2022742","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ES029_8d405798_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727662438","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/late-late-show","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}