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Glasgow, United Kingdom (1999 – 2002)

Formed in 1999 in Glasgow, Scotland by 4 art school students - Sue Tomkins (vocals), Will Bradley (drums), Chris Evans (bass) and Robert Johnston (guitar). They split in 2002 for unknown reasons.

2001 album Any Other City, released initially on the Rough Trade-affiliated Tugboat label, has a devoted cult following as it just preceded the early 2000s post-punk revival. 3 singles from the album were released:

The Leanover,

Love Trinity and

Young Offenders.

When asked over a myspace discussion about their then upcoming live album, Live at the Annandale Hotel, they stated “Folks — no, sorry, we won’t be re-forming for the launch. We haven’t rehearsed in 5 years and we’ve forgotten most of the songs, so we’d be shit!”

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http://www.myspace.com/lifewithoutbuildingsuk

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wjow69 wrote:
19 days ago

there's a video of one of sue tomkin's spoken-word/poetry performances on the tate website right now http://channel.tate.org.uk/media/30940179001

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TeenageWildlife wrote:
October 2009

awesome band. the vocals definitely take it to the next level, but musically the guitar playing isn't as derivative as other groups that came up at the time getting more attention. i'd like to think they had another album's worth of good stuff. i wouldn't even mention them in the same breath as the mostly-shitty post punk "revival"

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spacehxc wrote:
September 2009

probably going to get a lot more listens with the pitchfork mention

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timothyzha wrote:
September 2009

so glad i decided to listen to this... excellent. also spot on piribolygo... as soon as i read that it struck me.

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piribolygo wrote:
September 2009

her voice is so Lizzy Mercier Descloux-esque

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kddude wrote:
September 2009

love.

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noamchomsky wrote:
August 2009

splendid music.

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ricatorrescasta wrote:
August 2009

hey someone has the link of Live at the Annandale Hotel?? I can't find it anywhere

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bjornkicksocean wrote:
August 2009

so damn underrated.

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Paradiso47 wrote:
August 2009

Just heard these guys for the first time. They were definitely ahead of their time. If they released their debut now as opposed to a decade ago they would be huge.

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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
July 2009

......*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥

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Degarmo wrote:
July 2009

no idea if there is plans to release Live At the Annandale Hotel on dvd if not done so already

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Julian_pa wrote:
July 2009

Kewl

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Fiery_Furnace wrote:
June 2009

Is there any live footage of this band that's available online? I'd love to watch them (especially Sue) in action.

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Degarmo wrote:
June 2009

yeah, better than most of the original post punk bands.

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alarm31g wrote:
May 2009

Sue is one of the best female vocalist in rock history

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OneState wrote:
May 2009

sooooooooo gooooood, reform and come play belfast and dublin!!

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polaroideye wrote:
May 2009

This brings me back.

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modernenglish wrote:
April 2009

Oh Jesus. Fucking brilliant <3

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fela_cutie wrote:
April 2009

Gsuz almighty, sue tompkins! "how come you're so pretty to me?"..... please marry me! or could you at least lie about it?

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