Glad you enjoyed it! The Embos were the unsung heroes of the eighties in my opinion

I wish my copy of the album came with the poster, but sadly it was absent. It’s naturally hard to pick my favorite album of theirs, but this one easily does battle with Fade Away for my top spot every time I listen to Matt’s beautiful music. I listen to As Little As A Look every Thursday on my drive to work in the morning (could sing along word for word in my sleep). Light Me Up is such a standout track not just on that album, but frankly the entire decade! Truly wish the band could’ve reunited before his passing, and wish I could’ve seen them live. I’m sure they absolutely killed it when you saw them!

@@barbarabee7166 Crazily enough it’s just the way they did the dub as The Scientist only worked on two of these dubs (A Fool Will Fall and Bandits Taking Over respectively). I find those to be more coherent, but I digitized these recordings as soon as I opened the seal so I’d be shocked if there were indeed skips.

Sweet! I’m glad you found your way here; I’ll be working on another upload later today

@@JacqueBruce0 Nice! Also: you were talking to me about a band called The Embarrassment and one other, but I can't remember the name of the second band. Do you remember what that would have been?

@@studlyfoxie The Haskels from Minneapolis

@@JacqueBruce0 Nice! Listened to "Taking the City by Storm" and that was pretty boss.

@@gregorygallagher6917 They really were one of the best! I have another 5 songs from that demo session that I’ll upload one of these days

Its not a boulder

@JacqueBruce0 OK that's a pity cause you seem like a cool guy (even though most punk is lame). Please swallow my entire ass gentleman

@@flannigan7956 SpongeBob reference my man 😂

@JacqueBruce0 not the worst cartoon but an inferior one, mone amie

I wonder if they used the Peel Session version on the single as they all sound pretty close (I feel as though this demo version is mixed a little more evenly though)

@@dampergoldenrod4156 That’s actually exactly where I came across Matt Finish when I listened to a live version of Mancini Shuffle at the Seaview Ballroom in 1983

@@dampergoldenrod4156 I actually have that one, and I will put it up one day as I plan on posting Matt Finish material somewhat chronologically (more 80s stuff to come first)

@@Ominouspopsicle I did have it but sadly the file is corrupted and I’ve since sold my copy so I’ll need to find a way to get that one up.

@@Ominouspopsicle A few years ago I came across The Wygals, and immediately searched on Discogs for what I could find. Once I spotted this demo I asked the person who owned it at the time if they could send me an audio clip. After a lack of response for a few months I feared the worst, but then got an audio clip in my email! After I listened to it I immediately purchased it, and the fellow who sent it my way included an extra demo of theirs from 1985. As far as I’m aware it is the only of its kind that survives today, and contains perhaps the earliest recordings by the band. Check my channel within the next few days, and I will have at least posted the next part of Side 1 of this demo (if you want the audio personally from that one then I’ll give you my email: [email protected]) feel free to message me and I’ll see if I can get those audio files to you within the week.

@@williamgoffrier908 Absolutely! One of the most ripping covers you fellas did in my opinion; pleasure to hear from you Embo Bill

I’ll work on that post haste! It might take a fair amount of time though as I have some other projects I’m working on at the moment

@@gautamdev165 So glad you were able to come across it again! One of the best to do it live, and in studio in my humble opinion. Just wish they could’ve held on a little longer to put Kite On A Hurricane Day on vinyl and play those tracks live.

Did Stuart spin it?

@@JacqueBruce0 Stu sure spun beautiful Matt trak with much love, ta

@@johncarroll5087 Sadly so these days

It’s so hard for me to pick a favorite by them, but it sure doesn’t get much better than this

@@JacqueBruce0 for sure, this one just does it for me for whatever reason. It’s probably the most intense guitar playing I’ve ever heard. No exaggeration.

I checked my lyric sheet and crazily enough it doesn’t say it on there. To me it sounds like he says “I’m hearing all the voices through me; they’re giving all the choices to me.” That’s just my interpretation though

​@JacqueBruce0 hey, that sounds like it exactly. Youve got a good ear. Great song. This album takes me back to '84. Thanks for your response.

@@kevinfairburn Absolutely! It’s a paradox for me as I wish I could’ve lived in that era to see the bands I love live, but I probably never would’ve known about all of those bands as the music scenes were so insular back then. I have a plethora of Matt Finish rarities that I’ll be uploading (including a cassette single from 92 that isn’t even on Discogs), but since I love them so much I’m taking a lot of care in the remastering work.

Actually I use a vinyl to CD transfer system then I upload the tracks direct from the audio files on the CD. If you have a better method though I’d love to hear it

@@calebofcourse2410 My pleasure! More rarities to come from Mr. Newman in the future

@@BreconWalsh Such a shame there isn’t a live recording of the song. It’s one of those that never get old

@@johnanewquist Such a damn shame as well; they could’ve gone far

@@smowkdaddy I also have their two sets of 1980 demos which I’ll be putting up eventually, but I have some other projects I’ll be working on first.

@@RogerKeynes That whole set at Melbourne University is such top notch stuff! It would’ve been nice if they went for more of a live sound when they recorded Short Note, but I suppose the Fade Away sessions from ‘81 are as close as we’ll get to something like that.

@@acelarson1872 Couldn’t agree more my man

My pleasure! I was quite shocked when I found the vast majority of their recorded material didn’t make it online so the hat fell in my ring as it were

Couldn’t agree more! I also have a CD that has their demos after Martin left (he still wrote some songs for the lads), and it ends with a reunion concert from ’96