Thursday, October 11, 2012

New Order -- 1981 - 1982

  Still living in the shadow of Joy Division, New Order's early EP 1981 - 1982 sounds just like it's predecessor, with the exception of opening track Temptation.  This tune marked a bit of a departure of their traditional early sound.  The drum track has more of a Madchester groove goin' on, with less Ian Curtis carbon-copy vocals and it seems, well to me, that Modest Mouse based their entire sound on this number ...