Mastered at NLBF: Long Good Fridays “Closure” on Time & Matter.
Released June 21, 2024
“Time & Matter Records are delighted to announce the release of the brand new album by the Coventry based 3-piece Long Good Fridays.
‘Closure’ contains 11 brooding slabs of prime post punk, and the two paintings which have been used for the album’s front and back cover were licensed exclusively for this release by T&M.
They were painted by the renowned artist Colin ‘Colsk’ Latter (@studio_latter), who happens to also be the former frontman of the 1980s punk luminaries FLUX OF PINK INDIANS, and it was his iconic artwork that graced some of their influential releases.
The album also comes with a free sticker featuring Colin’s much loved ‘All The Arms We Need’ drawing and the accompanying CD booklet contains all the lyrics to the album.
LONG GOOD FRIDAYS are:
Jati Heer – Guitar & Vocals
Nathan Jessup – Bass & Vocals
James Taylor – Drums
ARTWORK STORY:
The story behind the artwork on the front and back covers of the album is something that delights the band’s bassist Nath, who grew up influenced by not only the punk and post-punk bands from the late Seventies and early Eighties, but also by the ethics and attitude of the DIY anarcho punk scene.
Colsk, who used to do all of the artwork for Flux, and also Spiderleg Records, plus some very early stuff on One Little Indian Records, has commented that he’s “delighted to be part of ‘sleeve art’ again after all these years. I love the idea of being involved in band artwork once more.”
His two large paintings used for the album artwork (90cm x 70cm) are entitled ‘Workshop Self-Portrait’ & ‘Vegas Wedding’, the latter (pardon the pun!) being based on a photograph taken at his step-daughter’s wedding.”
SEE MORE OF COLIN’S WORK AT:
https://www.instagram.com/studio_latter/
