SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Shoegaze The continuing evolution of North

The continuing evolution of North Carolina's Polvo finally hit its logical endpoint with 1997's SHAPES

Rother and Dinger really perfected the slow-down/speed-up/re-cast aesthetic before anyone else had a chance to try

vocals and all

James Jackson Toth

Sold out and out of print shortly after its original release on Urinal Cake Records in 2012

SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Shoegaze The continuing evolution of NorthSelf Abuse was formed in Bournemouth, Dorset in January 1982 when Andy Nazer [vocals bass] and Dave Brown [guitar vocals] both 16 old and still at school, got together with Roger [later Jarvis] Smale [guitar] and Steve Ridgeway [drums] both age 17. The first gig was played in at the Sloop pub, Poole, [with Barbed Wire] in October and the first cassette 'State of Mind' was recorded and released on their own 'Abused Tapes' label later that year. 1983