Name: Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Brand: Girls Against Boys

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TG117LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-05-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

36172081714

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Girls Against Boys

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Touch and Go

Girls Against Boys is a US indie rock/post-hardcore band that was formed in Washington DC in 1988. The band consists of Scott McCloud on vocals and guitar, Johnny Temple on bass, Alexis Fleisig on drums, and Eli Janney on keyboards, vocals, and bass.

In addition to their work with Girls Against Boys, Scott McCloud and Johnny Temple also have a side project called New Wet Kojak. They have released two albums under the Touch & Go label.

With their unique blend of indie rock and post-hardcore sound, Girls Against Boys has established themselves as influential figures in the music industry. Their captivating performances and powerful lyrics continue to resonate with fans around the world.

Touch And Go Records was started in Lansing, Michigan, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson in 1981 as an outgrowth of Touch And Go Zine, a fanzine the duo published. Their intent was to document their local hardcore punk scene.

Necros bassist Corey Rusk hooked up with Tesco to help run the label soon after it started and assumed full control after Vee moved to Washington, DC, in 1983. In 1987, Rusk moved the label to Chicago, Illinois, where the label still resides.

Over the years, Touch And Go has issued records by influential bands like *The Jesus Lizard*, *Slint*, *Shellac*, and *Big Black*. However, in 2008, Rusk announced that the label would be cutting back on its activity and ending its distribution services due to the economic climate of the times.

Who knows what did the trick -- maybe it was just jumping labels to Touch & Go -- but when Girls Against Boys released Venus Luxure, it was clear that the quartet had really turned into something spectacular. Avoiding the clichés of early-'90s indie rock for its own surly, charismatic edge, Girls Against Boys here kicked out the jams like nobody's business. Ted Niceley helped out Janney with the recording, and together they got an amazing sound out of the band, its now thoroughly bass-heavy approach (Janney was now specifically credited with the instrument along with Temple) brawling like a bastard. A comparison to Flipper could be made, but instead of the generally slow, death-march tempos of that act, Girls Against Boys always keep moving, a dark death dance.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Music GB