CD: LTMCD2392
RELEASED: 2006
LABEL: LTM

- Permanent Sleep
01. Coward's Way
02. As It Happens
03. Mother Tongue
04. Wild Swan
05. Permanent Sleep
06. Year Past July
07. Betting And Gaming Act 1964
08. Do We Party?
- Rain
09. Sometime Something
10. Reflections Of I
11. Gallery Of Shame
12. Sense Of Fondness
13. Hail Ye
14. Again And Again
15. From Side To Side *

Lowlife were formed in Grangemouth 1985 when original Cocteau Twins bassist Will Heggie joined former Dead Neighbours members Craig Lorentsen, Grant McDowell and Stuart Everest. Their atmospheric, moody soundscapes were often compared to Joy Division, New Order, Comsat Angels and ? yes ? The Cocteau Twins, yet the band received widespread acclaim over the course of six albums released through indie label Nightshift: Rain (1985), Permanent Sleep (1986), Diminuendo (1987), Godhead (1989), The Black Sessions (1988), San Antorium (1991) and Gush (1995). Permanent Sleep was released in 1986 in Scotland on Nightshift Records, an independent music record label. It was Lowlife's 2nd album. The LP was recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland, during June - July 1986, and released in August of that year. The original album included eight songs, and this 2006 reissue by LTM was augmented by seven bonus tracks: the six-song EP Rain (1985) and a slightly different version of a track taken from the band's 1987 Diminuendo album, "From Side to Side." Permanent Sleep has been digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes, and features 15 tracks. The booklet features liner notes by journalist and former manager Brian Guthrie, as well as photos and ephemera.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Cocteau Twins, The Sound, Joy Division, Comsat Angels