Retrofit (album)

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Retrofit
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Released2010
Genre Techno, alternative dance, electronic, post-punk
Label LTM Recordings
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Retrofit
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Retrofit is an album by Blackpool post-punk/electro band Section 25 and released by LTM Recordings on 14 September 2010.

Contents

Overview

The album contains nine re-recordings of tracks spanning their entire history, as well as a new song entitled "Über Hymn" and a remix of "Looking From A Hilltop" by Stephen Morris. The project was initially started prior to founder and bassist Larry Cassidy's death in 2010 and contains vocal excerpts from his last studio sessions at West Orange Studios (from July 2009 onwards), as well as daughter Bethany Cassidy on new vocals. [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Process" (5.31)
  2. "Looking From A Hilltop" (6.05)
  3. "Beating Heart" (4.24)
  4. "Desert" (5.16)
  5. "Über Hymn" (3.55)
  6. "Garageland" (4.55)
  7. "Dirty Disco" (5.34)
  8. "Girls Don't Count" (5.27)
  9. "New Horizon" (6.02)
  10. "Wretch" (4.15)
  11. "Another Hilltop" (remixed by Stephen Morris) (9.18)

Personnel

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References

  1. AllMusic Review
  2. Middles, Mick (30 September 2010). "The Quietus | Reviews | Section 25". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-04-25.