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Colossal youth

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Welsh post-punk band Young Marble Giants released one LP and then, like their vanishing portraits on the album's cover, disappeared.

Even though the album, Colossal Youth, received positive reviews and sold surprisingly well, Young Marble Giants quickly slid into the margins of rock & roll history-relegated to 'cult' status among post-punk and indie rock fans.

Their lasting appeal, however overlooked, owes itself to the band's singular approach to punk rock.

Instead of using overt political ideologies, abrasive sounds, and antiestablishment appearances to rebel against the social and musical status quo, Young Marble Giants used restraint, ambiguity, and silence.

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Bloomsbury Academic
150132117X / 9781501321177
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04/05/2017
United States
English
144 pages
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