Ferment

• Long overdue and welcome re-issue of this 1992 debut album and shoegaze classic

• Includes newly written sleeve notes by journalist and early champion of the band, Jack Rabid from Take Over magazine

• Plus six additional bonus tracks chosen by the band including the limited edition 2,000-only pressing of the ‘30 Century Man’ EP, the non-album single ‘Balloon’ and live fan favourite ‘Intravenous’ which fans have been trying to get hold of for years.

Hailing from Great Yarmouth, Catherine Wheel were one of the original shoegaze bands of the early ’90s time along with Ride, Slowdive and Chapterhouse.

They had already released two independent single and recorded a Peel session before signing to the Phonogram Records imprint Fontana in 1991. Their epic debut single for Fontana, ‘Black Metallic’ brought them attention and praise from the press and fans, it also became their biggest hit in the States making the top ten in the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and is still name checked now as indie classic of the early ’90s.

The band followed this with two more singles, ‘Balloon’ and ‘I Want To Touch You’ before releasing their debut album ‘Ferment’ in mid-1992. The album was produced by Talk Talk’s Tim Friese-Greene.

Tracklist

1 TEXTURE
2 I WANNA TO TOUCH YOU
3 BLACK METALLIC
4 INDIGO IS BLUE
5 SHE’S MY FRIEND
6 SHALLOW
7 FERMENT
8 FLOWER TO HIDE
9 TUMBLE DOWN
10 BILL AND BEN
11 SALT

BONUS TRACKS
12 30 CENTURY MAN (30 CENTURY MAN LTD EP)
13 FREE OF MIND (30 CENTURY MAN LTD EP)
14 THAT’S WHEN I REACH FOR MY REVOLVER (30 CENTURY MAN LTD EP)
15 DON’T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY (30 CENTURY MAN LTD EP)
16 BALLOON (NON-ALBUM SINGLE)
17 INTRAVENOUS (B-SIDE TO ‘BALLOON’ SINGLE)