Here's another Irish band that not many people outside Ireland know, although for a brief spell they did seem on the verge of hitting the big time. Their debut album All the Gods' Men, which I like a lot, suffers a bit from not knowing exactly what it wants to be; Martin Hannett produced it and gave it an inevitable Joy Division feel but in some places it comes across all slick and Steve Lillywhite. I can't help feeling that this would have been a much better record if it had been made on a really small budget with some local unknown at the helm.
If you did hear anything from this album it was probably either "Julie Cries", the single, or "Sometimes", which seems to be the consensus highlight. I think this is the song that has aged the best, though.
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