TV en Franais: dition Deluxe (10th Anniversary)

Notes from the band on the reissue: When, in 2014, we released TV en Français, it had been four years since our previous record, Barbara. This was, and remains, the longest break W.A.S. has taken between releases, and to say that the time was well used is not to boast, but simply to state a fact. The lengthy recording process, under producer Chris Coady’s scrupulous care, involved an obsession with sonic fidelity that continues to pay dividends for today’s listener. And we made a lot of songs. Here, collected for the first time, is the entire TV en Français canon — not just the album proper, but variations and additions from preceding EP Business Casual; companion LP TV en Français: Sous la Mer; loose singles like “Something About You,” “Let Me Win,” and, available for the first time on vinyl without a song from a lesser band abutting it, “Distillery.” If it were possible to overdose on quality music, this package would unquestionably be fatal. Vinyl discs are enclosed in lavish gatefold packaging, with full-colour photo sleeves for each LP.

TRACKLIST:

A1: What You Do Best

A2: Dumb Luck

A3: Make It Easy

A4: Sprinkles

A5: Courage

A6: Overreacting

B1: Return The Favor

B2: Slow Down

B3: Don't Blow It

B4: Take An Arrow

B5: Something About You

B6: Let Me Win

C1: Good Answer

C2: Take My Breath Away

C3: Distillery

C4: Dumb Luck, Under The Sea

C5: Make It Easy, Under The Sea

D1: Sprinkles, Under The Sea

D2: Slow Down, Under The Sea

D3: Overreacting, Under The Sea

D4: Don't Blow It, Under The Sea

D5: Return The Favor, Under The Sea

D6: Take An Arrow, Under The Sea