Moss Icon - Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly (Anniversary Edition, Crystal clear vinyl)

First time on vinyl in over 25 years. Remastered with restored original artwork and unpublished photos. Crystal Clear vinyl
(TRR393LPC1) is limited to 750 copies and is for Indies only. Will be Reissue of the Week in the Quietus! Lyburnum Wits End
Liberation Fly was the one and only full-length album by experimental post-punk innovators, Moss Icon. Recorded in 1988, Lyburnum
would not be released until 1993 several years after Moss Icon’s demise. Originally released on Vermiforn – the esoteric noise label
founded by Sam McPheeters of Born Against – the vision that Moss Icon’s Tonie Joy had for Lyburnum failed to manifest in its finished
product. Of the process of preparing Lyburnum for its eventual release, Joy recalls, “My creative mind was well into its next chapter,
onto an apocalyptic order [referring to Joy’s post-Moss Icon band, Universal Order of Armageddon]. Getting Lyburnum to look like what
I envisioned in my mind became an uphill battle that involved misplaced photos, misunderstood instructions by the printer, increasing
apathy, and lack of advanced printing knowledge (on my part), amongst many other technical and creative issues. With a deadline near
it ended up being an it-is-what-it-is situation. Some corrections were attempted for the second pressing the following year, but a further
lack of coordination between various parties saw it losing even more of the original vision.” Despite these challenges and shortcomings,
Lyburnum Wits End Liberation was instantly cherished as a feral masterpiece a singular entity that would become a defining influence
on post-hardcore and emo in the 1990s and beyond. Nothing before sounded like this, and nothing since has quite captured the same
mysterious fury. Now, finally, Moss Icon’s seminal Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly LP will be released exactly as it was always
intended to look, sound, and feel. The artwork has been fully restored and includes previously unpublished photos that were
inadvertently missing from the original release. Brilliantly remastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, the vinyl has been
newly cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, and pressed onto audiophile-grade vinyl at Record Technology Inc. Track
Listing 1. Mirror (2:17) 2. I'm Back Sleeping Or Fucking Or Something (3:10) 3. The Life (2:45) 4. Divinity Cove (4:57) 5. Locket (4:34)
6. Kick The Can (2:49) 7. Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly (11:24) 8. Cricketty Rise (Haverton Road - Browns and Greens) (1:41) 9.
As Afterwards The Words Still Ring (3:53) 10. Happy (Unbounded Glory) (5:20)