Death in June formed from the remains of political
punk band Crisis in 1981, keeping Douglas P. and Tony
Wakeford and adding Patrick Leagas.
The band’s first LP The Guilty Have No Pride was
originally released in 1983 during the renaissance of
dark, gothic and industrial music. It echoes sounds of
Joy Division and Bauhaus and like them is pop music of
the first order, but it also has a richer center layered with
textures and themes that give it a shadowy depth that one
must mine several times in order to fully appreciate its
complexity and breadth of vision.
It sounds as haunting and fresh today as it did in ’83, but
truly reveals its quality when considered as a historical
document representing the best in early darkwave, and
as a foreshadowing of all the brilliant music that was to
come later containing vestiges of its influence.
For fans of Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, Non, Coil,
Nurse with Wound, and Current 93.
• Remastered by Douglas P., and mastered for vinyl by Masterdisk
• Faithful, updated rendering of original art printed at Stoughton Printing Co.
• Limited foil-numbered editions: 500 200-gram black vinyl and 500 150-gram opaque white vinyl manufactured for pristine sound at Quality Records Pressings
• Comes in European-style poly bag for protection and durability
TRACK LIST
A1 Till the Living Flesh Is Burned
A2 All Alone in Her Nirvana
A3 State Laughter
A4 Nothing Changes
B1 Nation
B2 Heaven Street mk II
B3 The Guilty Have No Pride
