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The Dystopian Arena

by Ruin

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    109 minute double CD release.
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    The two discs come in a slim jewel case, with inserts and on body printing with the wonderful artwork of Curly

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1.
Bring Me Back To Life 03:54
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2.
Barabus 04:41
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3.
Black Sea 05:21
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4.
Static Mania 02:31
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5.
Leap Into The Weird 07:04
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6.
Internal Instrument 05:49
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7.
Four Balls Bouncing 10:59
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8.
Drilling The Brain 06:52
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9.
Magpie's Funeral 06:48
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10.
The Growing Tree 04:42
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11.
Swimming Down The River 05:15
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12.
Inward Mouth 03:13
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13.
Collecting Colours 12:29
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14.
Voices In The Electricity 04:24
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15.
Expanding Head 03:32
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16.
Urban Space 03:50
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17.
Wake 06:37
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18.
Paper Cuts 02:00
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19.
Flea Circus 08:05
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about

The inevitable Ruin double album, This contains all the best material from 9 months of sessions, amounting to a huge 109 minute opus. When compiling this, I attempted to cherry pick all the special pieces, and all those that covered territory that Ruin hadn't ventured to before, so there are lots of surprises to behold. As ever, Ruin prove to be both at the cutting edge of experimental rock innovation whilst not afraid to revisit the past and did into other genres like freeform avant-garde, Krautrock, psycho dub, space rock, and that unclassifiable area tat they often work in between the new wave and post rock.

credits

released August 15, 2020

Recorded by Stu at Stayfree, March to November 2018.
Compiled, mixed and mastered by Alan at Tachyon Studio, 21 June 2020.
Cover pictures by Curly. Design & layout by Xylem.

Curly: synth, vocals, guitar, recorder, mouth organ
Jack: keyboards, guitar, bass
Stu: drums
Paul: bass (1:1-5,8, 2:1-8)
Emily: vocals, synth (1:2), keyboards (1:3, 2:3-3), vocals (1:8, 2:6-8)

2xCD-R Auricle AMCDR 306/7 © 2020

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Ruin Leicester, UK

Ruin, a Leicester band that have existed for many years, kind of lurking in the "underground" refining and developing their style from more basic post-punk, blues and rock roots. They've been on a roll since that, with a few more albums, each breaking new ground. Prepare yourself for an amazing journey! ... more

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