{"product_id":"afterimage-faces-to-hide-double-lp-on-black-vinyl","title":"AFTERIMAGE  -  Faces To Hide double LP on Black Vinyl","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe original line-up of Afterimage may have only existed for a couple of years and released merely one single and one EP, but their take on post-punk—at once raw and explorative, with one eye to the sound that was emanating from across the ocean and one to a past-acknowledging future— left a mark in the underground sonic psyche of the City of Angels. \u003cem\u003eFaces to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e collects all of Afterimage’s studio recordings, plus demos and live tracks from performances at now legendary spots such as Whisky a Go Go and Al’s Bar.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eListening to this compilation, one can picture the four members of Afterimage—Alec Tension (Dan Voznick), A Produce (aka future ambient explorer Barry Craig), Rich Evac (Rich Robinson) and Holland DeNuzzio—bonding over a love of Public Image Ltd, Pere Ubu, Magazine, The Fall, Gang of Four and Television, while eagerly adding unexpected detours (surf rock, electrifying blasts of saxophone). \u003cem\u003eFaces to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e also makes it easy to see why, back in the day, the Los Angeles Times was compelled to call Afterimage “L.A.’s Joy Division”. Similarly to the UK trailblazers (of whom they were among the first avowed admirers among the LA punks), Afterimage seemed to sculpt their sound in marble, coming up with hypnotic skittery sonics revealed to be chilly upon their surface and fiery in their\u003cspan\u003e details.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaces to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e proves as scathing, urgent, taut, angular and gripping as Afterimage’s scarce but unforgettable output must have sounded more than forty years ago. Packaged with a 8-page booklet featuring extensive, career-spanning liner notes by noted journalist Richie Unterberger and previously unseen band photos, \u003cem\u003eFaces to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e also features Independent Project Records’ signature hand letterpress-printed custom design for the vinyl and CD packaging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis d\u003c\/span\u003eouble LP comes with a bonus flexi-disc containing previously unreleased exclusive tracks and is a numbered vinyl edition which comes in IPR’s iconic die-cut packaging, letterpress printed at Independent Project Press. Includes a postcard-sized full-color download card with code for a free download of the album with 4 bonus tracks.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis listing is for a copy of the black vinyl \"Faces To Hide\" retrospective double LP\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—please see our other listings for the white vinyl or CD versions, or order our limited Afterimage bundle featuring a copy of \u003cem\u003eFaces To Hide\u003c\/em\u003e along with an original sealed copy of Afterimage's \"Fade In\" 12\" EP from 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Project Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49719853940973,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/6995\/0701\/files\/eaa3bf48-e1014b_753592f4f1b74649b0755bafa53830fb_mv2.jpg?v=1774300800","url":"https:\/\/shop.independentprojectrecords.com\/products\/afterimage-faces-to-hide-double-lp-on-black-vinyl","provider":"Independent Project Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}