{"id":16,"date":"2007-08-13T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2024-02-15T03:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T03:05:49","slug":"victims-of-romance-discography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/victims-of-romance-discography\/","title":{"rendered":"The Victims of Romance- Compilation Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To kickstart another week, I&#8217;ve uploaded\u00a0some loose compilation tacks by\u00a0rare and forgotten U.K. post-punk outfit The Victims of Romance. Naturally, as with any band that has but\u00a0a handful of songs in their (reported) discography, there&#8217;s little information to be found through various internet sources, but I&#8217;ve come up with a small dollop.<\/p>\n<p>Victims of Romance was conceived in Gainsborough, featuring a female singer with the drawl of a passionate and operatic Patti Smith (complete with the occasional spoken word rant). The band&#8217;s style was gloomy, sharp, and minimal, with easy comparisons to early era Siouxsie and the Banshees, with a splash of synthesizer tossed in for good measure. The band split quickly after recording a handful of tracks, each of the members defaulting to various other projects, none of which got any further off the ground than The Victims of Romance.<\/p>\n<p>The band released one cassette tape, which is incredibly scarce and hasn&#8217;t been circulated yet to my knowledge. The three tracks I&#8217;ve managed to acquire all hail from various compilations, while there&#8217;s yet another loose track floating around on the <em>Nuclear Terra<\/em> cassette.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/victims-of-romance-discography\/wecouldntagree\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4535\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/wecouldntagree-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/wecouldntagree-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/wecouldntagree.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/victims-of-romance-discography\/noplatform\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/noplatform-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/noplatform-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/noplatform-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/noplatform.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/victims-of-romance-discography\/giraffe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4533\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/giraffe-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/giraffe-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/giraffe.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Victims of Romance-\u00a0<em>Compilation Tracks<\/em><br \/>\n1.\u00a09 a.m.<br \/>\n2. All There Is<br \/>\n3. Abigail&#8217;s Party<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/SOR\/vofroman.zip\">download them here<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;9 a.m.&#8221; hails from the <em>We Couldn&#8217;t Agree on a Title<\/em>\u00a0comp., 1981<br \/>\n&#8220;All There Is&#8221; hails from the <em>No Platform For Heels<\/em> comp., 1982<br \/>\n&#8220;Abigail&#8217;s Party&#8221; hails from the\u00a0<em>Giraffe In Flames<\/em> comp., 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Monday, ladies and gentlemen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To kickstart another week, I&#8217;ve uploaded\u00a0some loose compilation tacks by\u00a0rare and forgotten U.K. post-punk outfit The Victims of Romance. Naturally, as with any band that has but\u00a0a handful of songs in their (reported) discography, there&#8217;s little information to be found through various internet sources, but I&#8217;ve come up with a small dollop. 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