The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" 2023-04-14 Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2003) proved a leap forward from 2001’s eponymous debut

" originally commissioned for an art expedition and making it's debut on physical media here

with a selection also performed and recorded by the prestigious Curieux Orchestre at Midilive Studios

and we're pressing it in blue with black swirl vinyl complete with a printed inner sleeve

" originally released in 1982

The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" 2023-04-14 Sad Songs For Dirty LoversLondon alt pop group The Itch release their debut LP via Fiction and I OH YOU. On Its The Hope That Kills You, Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy pair dancefloor filling beats with disenchanted pop songwriting to create something that nods to electroclash, indie rock and europop while remaining entirely singular. The Itch are both a product of and the antidote to an age of pessimism. Think Talking Heads, Think prime DFA records. Think absolutely essential.