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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Dead July 3:38 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Vena Cava 2:58 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Portrait of Tuesday 5:31 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Holy Arms 3:00 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ 07 Looking For Roses 4:52 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Humard 4:32 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Shadow 2:26 ▀█████████
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ North. Newcastle and then beyond... the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ train line hugs the open coastline like ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ a limpet. Vast expanses of sand and wide ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ open skies roll out to a cold North Sea. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ And then just short of the Scottish ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ border is the fortress town of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Isolated? Yes. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Eastern Lane are born of Berwick. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Rehearsals are had in a converted farm ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ shed out in the wilds. Even on a warm ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ day it's freezing - on one side for a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ wall, there is a polythene sheet. There, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Andrew, Danny, Derek and Stuart knock ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ out their set midst an array of gas ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ fires, oil heaters, infra-red heat ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ lamp and a collection of borrowed road ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ signs. A great place to pracice. No ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ interruptions, no distractions, just an ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ opportunity to work on songs. And what ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ songs they are. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Midst this isolation, Eastern Lane ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ recorded a five song demo with little ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ expectation. They copied addresses from ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ their favourite records. No manager ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ and no knowledge. But one could say ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ they got lucky. Rough Trade received the ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ CD unsolicited. Duly intrigued, they went ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ to Berwick and to Barrels. Come October ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 2001 Eastern Lane found themselves with ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ a deal. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Late in the winter of 2002, Eastern Lane ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ retired to the Old Station House in ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Akeld to record their debut LP "Shades ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Of Black".Derek continues, "It was kind ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ of weird setting up in what was ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ essentially the waiting room and knocking ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ out the tunes whilst Iain [Harvie] got ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ it down on tape. We spent five weeks ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ living there. It all got a bit Lord of ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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█████▌ ███▌ "Shades of Black" is an accomplished ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ debut Lyrically, one could look to such ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ greats as Mo rrissey or Frame. ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Musically, they cover all bases: punk ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ rock through to the twisted Appalachian ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ country of Oldham and Pajo et al. This ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ is music created in total seclusion; ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ there is no scene; no infrastructure; just ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ them and the rest of the world. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ "I guess we are in to a lot of shit. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Danny, Andrew and Stuart are in to the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ likes of Love, the Stooges, the Pixies, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the Velvets and Joy Division. Me? I get ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ most things. Take a song like "Portrait ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ of Tuesday", for me, it's my own little ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ tribute to the Carter Family and "Folsom ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Prison"-era Johnny Cash." ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Love and loneliness are recurrent ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ themes throughout the LP but all is ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ not 'black''. "We do do happy but not ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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