The Shadow Ring - Lighthouse Format:Vinyl 2LP “It was devastating to lose

“It was devastating to lose someone who’d been a mate for over five decades

and the stubborn joy of making art with others become a means of persistence

highlights everything iconic about Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine

and he used his time working at a church to shape the lyrics that eventually became this number

The Shadow Ring - Lighthouse Format:Vinyl 2LP “It was devastating to loseRecorded in 1997, upon The Shadow Rings return from their final US tour, Lighthouse captures the group at their most stripped down and visionary. Graham Lambkins fractured texts conjure Folkestones haunted coastlineVikings, the Morgawr, a fading Britain, the pull of the seaunder the sway of Alternative TVs Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One), the mechanical vernaculars of Robert Ashley and Mark Perry, and the deflated humour of Dads Army and It Aint