DA - ! (Un)released Recordings 1980-81

Quartet de Chicago formé en 1978 par Lorna Donley (vocals, bass), Evelyn "Eva" Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals)  Gaylene Goudreau (guitar) à partir de 79 & Dawn Fisher (drums). En 1980, Dave Thomas (guitar) remplace Eva. Une formation fortement influencée par Patti Smith et la Cold Wave de Siouxsie & The Banshees et de Joy Division qui cohabite jusqu'au split en 1982 avec le scène punk et hardcore de Chicago...Le groupe ne laisse que le single "Dark Rooms / White Castles" en 81 & le EP "Time Will Be Kind" en 82 chez Automn Records... "Exclamation Point - [Un]released Recordings 1980-81" est une indispensable anthologie parue en 2010 sur le label new-yorkais Factory 25. (Tracks A1, A4, A7 & B4 demos recorded August 1980, DA-House, Metro Mobile / Track A2 DA Single, recorded December 1980, Acme Studios / Track A3 alternate mix from "Time Will Be Kind" EP sessions / Track A5 outtake from the "Time Will Be Kind" EP sessions / Tracks A6, B1, B2, & B5  from DA "Time Will Be Kind" EP, recorded Summer 1981, Sound Impressions. Released 1982 / Track B3 recorded live at Tuts, July 1981, Metro Mobile / Track B6 a song by The Who. Recorded live at some art opening, June 1981, Metro Mobile)... Great document ...

DA - ! (Un)released Recordings 1980-81

A1_1:28
A2_Dark Rooms
A3_Silent Snow
A4_Mirrors
A5_Time Will Be Kind
A6_This Doubt
A7_Fish Shit

B1_Strangers
B2_Next To Nothing
B3_The Killer
B4_Oh Boy!
B5_Three Shadows
B6_The Good's Gone


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