Moxham and mottram became the gist and made more records for rough trade.
Young marble giants singer.
It s always about me re facing the awkwardness that i ve always felt with live performance she tells mojo in familiarly soft tones.
Alison statton born march 1958 is a welsh singer best known for her work with young marble giants.
And when they do it s never easy for singer alison statton a chiropractor by day to locate her game face.
Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time.
Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978.
Spare intimate concise and quite possibly perfect the complete recordings of young marble giants are available on colossal youth collected works the cardiff group s sole legendary album colossal youth originally released on the rough trade label in 1980 and one of the definitive albums of the post punk era is also available as a standalone release.
Their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham.
Statton went on to form weekend who later became working week.
Welsh new wave band who shocked the world by being quiet and introspective in an age of loud punk posturing.