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The Cultural Decay: Eight Ways to Start a Day: Singles & Demos | Sacred Bones Records — New York, NY, NYC
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The Cultural Decay: Eight Ways to Start a Day: Singles & Demos LP

LP: $16.00

The Cultural Decay: Eight Ways to Start a Day CD

CD: $14.00

The Cultural Decay

Eight Ways to Start a Day: Singles & Demos

Format: LP, CD
Catalog #: SBR-3002
Side A:
  1. Brave New World
  2. End of the Corridor
  3. Eight Ways to Start a Day
  4. Thin Rope
Side B:
  1. Business Business / Fragile Object
  2. Song of Joy
  3. Exit Calls
CD Tracklist:
  1. Brave New World
  2. End of the Corridor
  3. Business Business / Fragile Object
  4. Song of Joy
  5. Womb
  6. Exit Calls
  7. Sink or Swim
  8. Eight Ways to Start a Day
  9. Thin Rope
  10. Out of Balance
  11. Losing Height
  12. End of the Corridor (live)

Cultural Decay existed from 1980-1982. The band’s collective discography is comprised of a highly sought after 7" single and two song 12" EP. The latter was produced and features additional accompaniment by future Revolting Cocks co-founder Luc Van Acker. The band played a total of 15 gigs in local clubs—with like minded Belgian acts such as Struggler, De Brassers, and Siglo XX—before disbanding.

Eight Ways To Start a Day is the first official release in close to three decades from this fabled Belgian coldwave band. Their sound, a collision of ethereal one-note synth lines and dark post-punk aggression, recalls the controlled ferocity of Crisis and The Southern Deathcult at their best. The recordings on these releases comprise the band’s entire recorded output and both the LP and CD include an extensive booklet including photos, liner notes and a comprehensive band history from member Joseph V.

In addition to the previously released songs the LP includes three unreleased demos, “Eight Ways to Start a Day,” “Thin Rope,” and “Exit Calls.” The CD boasts those three plus an additional five tracks culled from previously unheard recordings and demos including “Womb,” “Sink or Swim,” “Out of Balance,” “Losing Height,” and a live version of “End of the Corridor.”

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