Sad Lovers and Giants - Feeding the Flame

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At long last, Sad Lovers and Giants first long-player will be reissued.

FEEDING THE FLAME, the 1983 post-punk masterpiece, has been out of print since 1988 and follows on the January reissue of the first EP, EPIC GARDEN MUSIC (plus singles).

This was to be the last release put out by the original line-up before disbanding for the first time. Guitarist Tristan Garel-Funk would then form The Snake Corps.

Feeding the Flame is rightly listed along side The Chameleons "Script of the Bridge", The Sound's "From The Lions Mouth" Joy Division's "Closer" and Comsat Angels "Sleep No More" as one of the true classics of the post-punk genre.

Here is a bit more, courtest of Wikipedia:

“Sad Lovers & Giants are a rock band from Watford, England who formed in 1981. Their sound blends post-punk, atmospheric keyboards and psychedelia and has seen them described as 'a pastoral Pink Floyd'. The band's members have included Garçe (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (who went on to form The Snake Corps) (guitar), Tony McGuinness (now part of the trance trio Above & Beyond) (Guitar), Cliff Silver (bass), Ian Gibson (bass), David Wood (keyboards and saxophone), Juliet Sainsbury (keyboards) and Nigel Pollard (drums & percussion). The original line up produced two studio albums, Epic Garden Music and Feeding the Flame, but split up in 1983 on the verge of commercial success. European interest in the band began to grow and with the release of the second album ,Feeding the Flame, they toured in Germany and Holland gaining a dedicated fan base. Artistically, Feeding the Flame is considered to be their finest work and hints at a potential that could have elevated them to the status of their contemporaries The Chameleons, The Cocteau Twins and Modern English. But tensions within the band caused a complete disintegration, with Tristan Garel-Funk and Nigel Pollard leaving to form The Snake Corps.”