The Burden Of Mules/Labour Of Love available via Mail Order now!
21 November 05
'Labour Of Love' and 'The Burden of Mules' by Mass and The Wolfgang Press, finally get a CD release by 4AD, on November 21st 2005. Both CD's are the last two 4AD albums to make it onto CD, from our extensive backcatalogue. They are Mail Order only, although there will be limited stock available in stores in the US from 10th January 2006.
Mass : Labour of Love
Possibly the real legacy of Punk (’76 version) is the impression it made on other beginner musicians of no fixed talent but great imagination. Possibly it made them braver. Certainly the post facist-3-chord-wonders landscape was a fertile ground for experimentation.
After Rema-Rema disbanded, Gary Asquith, Mick Allen, and Mark Cox formed arty post-punk outfit Mass with Danny Briottet. The quartet debuted in 1980 with the "You And I"/"Cabbage"single, following it up a year later with their sole album Labour Of Love. The group subsequently split into two halves: Asquith and Briottet formed Renegade Soundwave, while Allen and Cox remained with 4AD for their new project, The Wolfgang Press.
The album features both sides of the single and additional artwork including reproductions of original show flyers
The Wolfgang Press : The Burden of Mules
The Wolfgang Press' debut album, The Burden Of Mules, ploughed a similar post-punk furrow to Rema-Rema and Mass. It featured guest contributions from fellow 4AD signings Richard Thomas (Dif Juz) and David Steiner (In Camera), plus, crucially, guitarist Andrew Gray. The latter soon joined the group full-time.
