INTRIGUE-PROGRESSIVE SOUNDS IN UK ALTERNATIVE

Demon Records is proud to release Intrigue - Steve Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89, a new compilation assembled by acclaimed musician, singer songwriter, and record producer, Steven Wilson. o oThis is my personally-curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any ae80s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didnAEt suddenly evaporate after AE77a ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the ae80s uif you looked in the right places.o - Steven Wilson o Featuring 19 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989. Artists include XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins and many more. o Pressed on two 140g vinyl (mastered by Phil Kinrade and cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering) housed in printed inner sleeves and accompanied by a 12-page booklet with an introduction by Steven Wilson and extensive track-by-track liner notes by James Nice.