SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Shoegaze shaking hands with the devil

shaking hands with the devil to make a pact to finally break his fall

The continuing evolution of North Carolina's Polvo finally hit its logical endpoint with 1997's SHAPES

Beautiful vinyl upgrade from one of the most consistently mind-blowing groups in the UK

TEAR IT UP

Early albums found a critique of the entire system of recorded music built into every gesture

SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Shoegaze shaking hands with the devilSelf Abuse was formed in Bournemouth, Dorset in January 1982 when Andy Nazer [vocals bass] and Dave Brown [guitar vocals] both 16 old and still at school, got together with Roger [later Jarvis] Smale [guitar] and Steve Ridgeway [drums] both age 17. The first gig was played in at the Sloop pub, Poole, [with Barbed Wire] in October and the first cassette 'State of Mind' was recorded and released on their own 'Abused Tapes' label later that year. 1983