Tag Archives: August Day

A Flock Of Seagulls Issued Their First Album Since 1995 With “Some Dreams”

Posted on December 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

This happened last week, and I got the email, but things were up in the air so we were not discussing it until now. But A Flock Of Seagulls have recorded various and sundry revisits of their canon, often with … Continue reading →

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The Visage Train Keeps On Rolling With The Least Likely Live Album Ever [part 2]

Posted on December 18, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I must admit that “Mind Of A Toy” has never been my go-to Visage jam, but the live version here was more direct and impactful, with a crispness that the effete album version just didn’t get … Continue reading →

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The Visage Train Keeps On Rolling With The Least Likely Live Album Ever [part 1]

Posted on December 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

We’ve been thrilled with the Visage final wave of activity from 2013 which concluded too swiftly with the death of Steve Strange in 2015. But the impact of that period is still causing waves to lap at the shores of … Continue reading →

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Two New Visage Albums Delight In 2024 – Just When We Need Perking Up

Posted on October 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

This Tuesday afternoon, I was minding my business, coming to grips with returning to what was a somewhat normal schedule following hurricane Helene, when I thought to look in my junk mail folder for the first time in weeks. I … Continue reading →

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That Very First Berlin Album Miiiiight Be Coming To The Silver Disc…One August Day

Posted on September 2, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It’s been a crazy week, with no power at work [eventually we got generators in] and I’m trying to make up my time sheet to equal 40 hours with a crazy quilt of hours here and vacation time there. There’s … Continue reading →

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Wang Chung Cheekily Revisit Their Biggest Hit

Posted on August 1, 2019 by postpunkmonk

As we mentioned last April, Wang Chung were the latest band to take the orchestral plunge that label August Day offered. The album has since been released in two formats, the ten track album and the boxed set version. Their … Continue reading →

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A Flock Of Seagulls Reunite In Original Lineup For Orchestral Hits And AFOS BSOG

Posted on July 5, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I think we can all agree that when Paul Reynolds left A Flock Of Seagulls following their “Story of A Young Heart” album, that the group lost something they never replaced. His Post-Punk guitar prowess made songs like “Modern Love … Continue reading →

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