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This is eighth solo single from former Josef K
vocalist Paul Haig
. It was released by Les Disques Du Crepuscule
in September 1985.
The single was co-produced with former Associates instrumentalist Alan Rankine
.
, 19 October 1985
Through a storm of clattering keyboards, Paul Haig
pushes his way past gangs of would-be Scottish
popsters and makes a stridently jaunty and cocky return to pop form.
He sounds like he knows the game well enough to do the whole thing with his eyes shut; the difference here is he's learnt it's best to do this sort of thing with them open. This record is tuneful, jittery, exhausting and, I suspect, made by a man having difficulty in keeping a straight face.
Josef K (band)
Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982, who released singles on the Postcard Records label. The band was named after the protagonist of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial...
vocalist Paul Haig
Paul Haig
Paul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...
. It was released by Les Disques Du Crepuscule
Les Disques du Crepuscule
Les Disques Du Crépuscule was a Belgian independent record label.The label was started in 1980 by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré, residents of Brussels who had previously organised and promoted concerts in the city. Initial releases were by Factory Records artists, and were labelled as being...
in September 1985.
The single was co-produced with former Associates instrumentalist Alan Rankine
Alan Rankine
Alan Rankine played keyboards, and guitars, for the rock band, Associates, which he co-founded with Billy Mackenzie in the late 1970s....
.
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Heaven Help You Now, NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, 19 October 1985
Through a storm of clattering keyboards, Paul Haig
Paul Haig
Paul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...
pushes his way past gangs of would-be Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
popsters and makes a stridently jaunty and cocky return to pop form.
He sounds like he knows the game well enough to do the whole thing with his eyes shut; the difference here is he's learnt it's best to do this sort of thing with them open. This record is tuneful, jittery, exhausting and, I suspect, made by a man having difficulty in keeping a straight face.