Torn boys –

1983

Collecting studio and live recordings, hit singles that never were, and enticing stray oddities all conceived in the span of one fecund year, 1983 chronicles the life and sonic adventure of the Torn Boys, a Stockton, California band comprising future members of Shiva Burlesque, Gary Young's Hospital and Grant Lee Buffalo. It is, in fact, the first ever release from a group made for cultdom. Formed in late '82 by Jeffrey Clark (vocals, electric guitar) and Kelly Foley (vocals, acoustic guitar), the Torn Boys soon welcomed Duncan Atkinson (synths, drum machine) and then nineteen-year-old Grant-Lee Phillips (lead guitar) into their ranks. At once urgent and literate, their recordings fend off basic categorisation, conjuring the darker corners of neo-psychedelic California, infusing New Wave-era sensibilities with the moodier angle of home-grown, art-punk-surrealism.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Torn Boys
Released	2024
Music Genre	Pop / Rock
Label	INDEPENDENT PROJECT
Condition	New
UPC	761971508314
SKU	al-761971508314

1.1 See Through My Eyes
1.2 Radio Intro
1.3 Mystery (Live, KDVS)
1.4 Fountain of Blood
1.5 New Drums
1.6 May Day
1.7 Mack the Knife (Live, KDVS)
1.8 Torn
1.9 And Now (Live, Blackwater Café)
1.10 Lady Luck