Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly

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Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly
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Studio album by
Moss Icon
Released1993
Recorded1988
Genre Post-hardcore
Length42:48
Label Vermiform Records

Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly is the sole full-length album by American post-hardcore band Moss Icon. [1]

Contents

The album was recorded in 1988, and released in 1993 on Vermiform Records. The band broke up in between the recording and release, in 1991. [2]

It was included in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996 and is the subject of a forthcoming entry in the 33⅓ series. [3] [4] Matt Healy of The 1975 has listed it as one of his favorite albums of all time. [5]

Writing about the record, Andrew Earles says the band's "important sound" is "distinguished by the prodigious and unhindered guitar vision" of Tonie Joy. Other hallmarks include "vocals that are sometimes stream-of-consciousness spoken and sung, and sometimes furiously screamed", plus "unpredictable and explosively dynamic soft-to-loud shifts". [3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jonathan Vance; all music is composed by Moss Icon.

No.TitleLength
1."Mirror"2:17
2."I'm Back Sleeping or Fucking or Something"3:09
3."The Life"2:44
4."Divinity Cove"4:56
5."Locket"4:33
6."Kick the Can"2:49
7."Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly"11:23
8."Cricketty Rise (Haverton Roads - Browns and Greens)"1:40
9."As Afterwards the Words Still Ring"3:53
10."Happy (Unbounded Glory)"5:19
Total length:42:50

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Bloom, Madison (January 9, 2023). "Moss Icon Announce Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly Reissue". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Gardner, Noel (March 31, 2023). "Reissue Of The Week: Moss Icon's Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly". The Quietus. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. p. 201. ISBN   978-0760346488.
  4. ↑ "33 1/3 Open Call Results". 33 1/3 Short books about albums. July 19, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ Dunworth, Liberty (March 25, 2025). "The 1975's Matty Healy shares list of his favourite albums of all time". NME. Retrieved April 4, 2025.


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