Mute is blissful to announce the discharge of the remastered model of The Pop Group’s Y, to be launched on CD and LP November 1. It was lower utilizing half velocity mastering at Abbey Street. Y is the extremely influential and modern debut album by The Pop Group, launched in 1979. In the identical 12 months The Pop Group launched their single She is Past Good & Evil / 3:38. The Pop Group’s Y usually seems in ‘Biggest Album’ lists – equivalent to #35 on Pitchfork’s Biggest Albums of the 70’s, The Wire’s 100 Most Vital Information Ever Made, and Uncut Journal’s 100 Biggest Debut Albums. The Pop Group went on to launch two additional singles, “We Are All Prostitutes” and “The place There Is A Will” (Cut up single with the Slits), and one additional studio album, For How A lot Do We Tolerate Mass Homicide, earlier than splitting up in 1981. Frontman, Mark Stewart, launched into a solo profession releasing his pioneering album Studying To Dwell With Cowardice in 1983. Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith went on to type Rip Rig & Panic alongside Neneh Cherry. The Pop Group reformed in 2010 to tour and have since launched two new studio albums. The band will likely be touring on the finish of 2019 and all through 2020 in help of the album launch.
