Shriekback - Clear Trails

Shriekback are a rock band formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen (keyboards/vocals) and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four (bass), with Carl Marsh, formerly of Out On Blue Six (guitars/vocals) soon added to the line-up. They were joined by Martyn Barker on drums in 1983.

This song "Clear Trails" is taken from their 1983 album "Care".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shriekback
• Barry
• Andrews
• Dave
• Allen
• Carl
• Marsh
• Martyn
• Barker
• Care
• Kentish
• Town
• London
• XTC.

[asSwanski]

A friend of mine once played in a band called Cleartrails. Their singer lent my (vinyl) copy of Care and when I got it back, it was so scratchy that I haven't been able to listen to this beautiful song ever since - until I found this video. Thanks!

[HumansInTheRain]

best tune from shriekback, ty guys :)

[HumansInTheRain]

a real classic tune, thnx for posting - CLEARTRAILS!

[artboy55]

they had mohawks.

[chalklava]

@artboy55 Is mohawks the name of a band or did Shriekback actually have mohawks?

[baltikip]

pure genius!

[artboy55]

and turn it up!

[goodgrad]

@cousiwa09 "Care" was my Dark Side Of The Moon

I dont think it really got it's due.

[cousiwa09]

@artboy55 yep, i agree and i gotta say petulant and evaporation and hapax legomena are 3 that come to my mind... but all in all the entire album is fucken brilliant!

[artboy55]

if you like this, you'll love brink of collapse, petulant, and evaporation.