The Verlaines set to release 'Dunedin Spleen'
Dunedin Spleen is The Verlaines’ first studio album in over seven years. Featuring a blistering and brilliant nineteen tracks, this double-LP will be exclusively released on Record Store Day 2020 via North Carolina indie Schoolkids Records in a Limited edition white vinyl, gatefold 2xLP, with download card included.
Formed in 1981 by principle songwriter Graeme Downes, the band was named after the French poet Paul Verlaine, from whom Television’s Tom Verlaine also lifted his stage name.
The Verlaines are also one of the pioneers of the cult-followed 'Dunedin Sound' which was lifted from the explosion of talent coming out of their hometown in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The Chills, The Clean, The 3D's and the Straitjacket Fits all came roaring out of this University town.
The Verlaines’ angular sound made them favourites of bands like Pavement, R.E.M., Superchunk, Cat Power, The Mountain Goats, Will Oldham, Yo La Tengo, Lou Barlow, and many others.
From 1985 to 2012, The Verlaines have released eleven albums, most of which are on the legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun. There was a brief period in the early to mid-'90s when the band released albums for Slash and Columbia Records, only to go back to Flying Nun for 2012's Untimely Mediations.
Dunedin Spleen was to be released on Record Store Day, 18.04.20 via Schoolkids Records, however, due to the recent events of COVID-19. the release date has been postponed until 20th June 2020.
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