X - X-Aspirations (LP) Recess Japan Gloom Sleeper return to the

Gloom Sleeper return to the fray with a mighty sophomore album – a manic collision of driving pop melodicism

It's a bit cold outside so let's stay in

recorded and mixed by Pete Steinkopf

were pretty much on par with the feelings that I had when I first heard Bent Outta Shape’s Stray Dog Town masters

The collection of seven songs that were as catchy as they were cathartic was produced by Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye at Washington

X - X-Aspirations (LP) Recess Japan Gloom Sleeper return to theX was formed in Sydney, Australia in 1977 by Ian Rilen (Rose Tattoo), Steve Lucas, Ian Krahe, and Steve Cafiero. After the sudden death of Ian Krahe in 1978, the band pushed on with a few other guitar players but struggled to find their footing. Then in late 1979, just a few months after singer Steve Lucas first picked up a guitar, the band recorded what would become X Aspirations as a three piece in 5 hours. Legend has it that the band went into the