SAD LOVERS & GIANTS

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'Sad Lovers & Giants' are a rock band from Watford, England who formed in 1981. Their sound blends post-punk, folk and psychedelia and has seen them described as 'a pastoral Pink Floyd'.
The band's members have included Garçe (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (who went on to form The Snake Corps) (guitar), Tony McGuinness (now part of the trance trio Above & Beyond) (Guitar), Cliff Silver (bass), Ian Gibson (bass), David Wood (keyboards and saxophone), Juliet Sainsbury (keyboards) and Nigel Pollard (drums & percussion).
The original line up produced two albums, Epic Garden Music and Feeding the Flame, but split up in 1984 on the verge of commercial success.
They returned in 1987 after a personnel change and released The Mirror Test, Headland and Treehouse Poetry before their label, Midnight Music, went bust in and the band split once again.
E-mail From Eternity, a 'best of' compilation was released by Cherry Red in 1996 after picking up the Midnight catalogue from the receivers.
The band rose from their frequently raked ashes to release a brand new album called Melting in the Fullness of Time in 2002 and played in Italy for the first time a year later.
They are currently in rehearsals with new material and live shows a distinct possibility.
If they can get a new keyboard player....

Contents

Discography

Albums

12" Singles

7" Singles

External link

Discography

Albums

★ 1982 Epic Garden Music CHIME 00.01 (Midnight Music)

★ 1983 Feeding the Flame CHIME 00.03 (Midnight Music)

★ 1984 In the Breeze CHIME 00.07 (Midnight Music)

★ 1986 Total Sound CHIME 00.22 (Midnight Music)

★ 1987 The Mirror Test CHIME 00.30 (Midnight Music)

★ 1988 Les Années Vertes CHIME 00.40 (anthology - Midnight Music)

★ 1990 Headland CHIME 01.10 (Midnight Music)

★ 1991 Treehouse Poetry CHIME 01.20 (Midnight Music)

★ 1996 E-mail From Eternity (The Best of Sad Lovers & Giants) CDMGRAM 104 (Anagram Records, distributed by Cherry Red)

★ 2000 La Dolce Vita (Sad Lovers & Giants Live in Lausanne) VKR001CD (Voight-Kampff Records)

★ 2001 Headland and Treehouse Poetry VKR002CD (Voight-Kampff Records)

★ 2002 Melting in the Fullness of Time VKR003CD (Voight-Kampff Records)

12" Singles

★ Man of Straw (DONG 5) "Man of Straw", "Cow Boys (version)", "Close to the Sea"

★ Seven Kinds of Sin (DONG 31) "Seven Kinds of Sin", "The Outsider", "Ours to Kill"

★ White Russians (DONG 34) "White Russians", "A Map of My World", "Life Under Glass"

★ Cow Boys (DONG 36)

★ Sleep / A Reflected Dream (DONG 40) with The Essence

★ Clocks Go Backwards (DONG 59)

7" Singles

★ Clé LM 003 (Last Movement) "Imagination", "When I See You", "Landslide"

★ Colourless Dream LM 005 (Last Movement) "Colourless Dream", "Things We Never Did"
Initial copies were pressed with the labels backwards.

★ Lost in a Moment DING 1 (Midnight Music) "Lost in a Moment", "The Tightrope Touch"

★ Man of Straw DING 5 (Midnight Music0 "Man of Straw", "Cow Boys"

External link

★ Offical website