{"id":709,"date":"2007-07-13T19:23:46","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T19:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2024-02-15T03:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T03:14:53","slug":"blue-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/blue-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue In Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Blue in Heaven, a highly wave influenced post-punk unit, formed in Dublin in 1982 in the wake of explosions from bands such as the Chameleons and Echo & the Bunnymen, and though they never quite rose to the same level of fame and fortune that another particular Irish quartet achieved, they were a minor college radio splash before their swift demise and reform as the Blue Angels in 1990.<\/p>\n

After a handful of singles and EP releases, the band’s first record, All the Gods Men<\/em> earned the band a fair amount of buzz in 1985, having been produced by Joy Division\/New Order mainstay Martin Hannett and following a paint-by-numbers post-punk aesthetic, with heavy draw from Stooges frontman\/solo wonder Iggy Pop. Released just a year later, Explicit Material<\/em> honed in on their sound, allowing for the previous culmination of influences and styles to shine more than their debut. For today’s consumption, I’ve uploaded a duo of tracks from Explicit Material<\/em>. If you listen closely, you can still hear the pops and cracks of the vinyl, as the copy I’ve acquired seems stripped straight from the source. I don’t think any of their catalog has gotten a proper dusting off and cd pressing, come to think of it, so I’m uncertain as to how to purchase their material properly unless you stumble across an old LP…<\/p>\n

download Blue in Heaven- ‘I Just Wanna’<\/a>
\ndownload Blue in Heaven- ‘Change Your Mind’<\/a><\/p>\n

and for your viewing enjoyment, the extremely dated and grit-tastic video for ‘I Just Wanna.’<\/p>\n