Tag: The Lords of the New Church

The Lords of the New Church’s debut album to be reissued with bonus 1982 live set

The Lords of the New Church’s debut album to be reissued with bonus 1982 live set

The self-titled debut album from The Lords of the New Church — the fabled post-punk act featuring Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys and The Damned’s Brian James — will be reissued this summer in a new expanded edition featuring bonus B-sides and a live album recorded in New York in 1982. Full details here.

New releases: Erasure, Lords of the New Church, ‘Songs for Slim,’ Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs

New releases: Erasure, Lords of the New Church, ‘Songs for Slim,’ Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs

This week’s new releases include the brand-new Christmas album from Erasure (‘Snow Globe’), plus reissues of The Lords of the New Church’s three albums from the ’80s, a Songs For Slim compilation 2CD set featuring The Replacements, and a set of ’80s covers from Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs.

The Lords of the New Church’s three original albums to be reissued this fall

The Lords of the New Church’s three original albums to be reissued this fall

The three long-out-of-print studio albums released by the original lineup of The Lords of the New Church — the so-called postpunk supergroup that featured frontman Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys and guitarist Brian James of The Damned — between 1982 and 1984 will be reissued on CD this fall.

New releases: The Lords of the New Church’s 5-disc ‘The Gospel Truth’ live/rarities box set

New releases: The Lords of the New Church’s 5-disc ‘The Gospel Truth’ live/rarities box set

This week’s new releases include just one notable title: a new 4CD/1DVD box set from The Lords of the New Church that includes a disc of 16 studio rarities recorded in 1987 and 1988 plus, on three subsequent CDs, live concerts recorded in 1982, 1983 and 1986. The fifth disc is live DVD from 1988.