Codex Teenage Premonition features fifteen exclusive tracks that capture perfectly the raw teenage energy of one the most influential and unique British bands of the last twenty five years. The album features tracks recorded at their very first show at Leith Community Centre on 16th March 1980 together with un released studio versions of tracks that would later appear on their debut single and mini album. The Fire Engines, in keeping with the punk spirit, lasted a mere eighteen months but in that short tim...   [ read more ]

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The Fire Engines formed, did absolutely everything in the most chaotic and unconventional manner possible, and broke up 18 months later. They started their first single with a mistake, never released a proper LP and basically flew in the face of every convention of rock-n-roll, yet they managed to leave a lasting impact on the Scottish music scene and post-punk in general. Considered one of the three main movers on the fertile Scottish post punk scene of the early 1980s with the much poppier Orange Juice a...   [ read more ]

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During The Fire Engines' brief career they released 3 singles and a mini-LP, all of which are contained on this new compilation Hungry Beat. They premiered with the self-released 'Get Up and Use Me', single of the week in the NME and Sounds. They then signed to Pop Aural records, a new imprint from post-punk pioneer Bob Last of Fast Product, the label that gave us the Human League, Mekons and Gang of Four. For their first collaboration, the 'Lubricate Your Living Room' mini LP Lubricate Your Living Room, L...   [ read more ]

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