Name: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell - Expanded Edition
Brand: Come

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FIRECD625

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-22

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809236162526

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Come

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Fire Records

Come is an influential American alternative rock band formed in 1990. The band was founded by singer and guitarist Thalia Zedek, who had previously been a member of the bands Uzi and Live Skull. Come's music is characterized by its raw and intense sound, combining elements of blues, punk, and noise rock.
Over the years, Come has released several critically acclaimed albums, including their debut album "Eleven: Eleven" in 1992 and their follow-up "Don't Ask Don't Tell" in 1994. Their music has been praised for its emotional depth and powerful performances.
In addition to Thalia Zedek, Come consists of Chris Brokaw on guitar, Sean O'Brien on bass, and Arthur Johnson on drums. Together, they create a dynamic sound that captivates audiences with its energy and intensity.

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

In 1994 Come responded to the difficult-second-album stereotype with the hypnotic, intense and emotional masterpiece Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Featuring the original line-up of Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O’ Brien and Arthur Johnson, the Boston band broadened their sound by slowing down the tempos and creating a dense urban stream of consciousness that mixes noise, city blues and… catharsis. The album hits you immediately as one of the greatest dissident records ever made.

Lovingly remastered, this expanded edition includes Wrong Sides, an additional albums worth of b-sides and unreleased tracks, including the band's very first single 'Car' and their last recorded song, 'Cimarron', featuring this core line-up. These gems showcase the rawness and incredible growth of a band completely in command of their songwriting and at the same time paying homage to some of their punk roots with beautiful renditions of Swell Maps 'Loin Of The Surf' and X's 'Adult Books'. Also Includes new artwork with unearthed photos and fresh liner notes by the band.

Dissident from traditional rock this is a band playing music that thematically and structurally seems to pull from old Europa, from Eastern folk and modernist classical music as much as US and UK rock. Dissident from traditional ideas about singing and songwriting Thalia’s (ex of Live Skull) presence on songs like ‘Yr Reign’ and the astonishing closer ‘Arrive’ isn’t the pushy self-aggrandizement of a lead singer but the internal voice of the eternal migrant, someone who knows about survival, hiding, how living between multiple worlds can become its own refuge of distance, its own sanctuary of unbelonging

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell emerged from a period of cohesion, a break from the tight and hectic touring schedule Come had been plunged into after the acclaim accorded 11:11, and you can hear that increased focus in every moment the layers of guitars and feedback are even more precise, the structuring of songs takes on a new openness and ambition, and the whole narrative arc of the record from ‘Finish Line’ to ‘Arrive’ is more exquisitely realised and sequenced.

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell - Expanded Edition

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