The second in the series of box sets, ‘Architecture Of Language 1979-1982,’ gathers together “the scariest album ever recorded,” ‘New Picnic Time,’ with its companion releases, ‘The Art Of Walking’ and ‘Song Of The Bailing Man.’ These are records of “unique beauty - a beauty marked by truth and thus also tragic and sometimes painful” (Sounds, Chris Cutler).

Pere Ubu - Architecture Of Language - Sampler

Coinciding with the final leg of Pere Ubu’s ‘Coed Jail! Tour 2016,’ Fire Records reissue ‘New Picnic Time’, ‘The Art Of Walking’ and ‘Song Of The Bailing Man’ on individual vinyl. 

Originally released between 1979-82, these albums were included in the recent box set release ‘Architecture Of Language.’ Songs from this and from the previously released box set ‘Elitism For The People, 1975-1978’ are to be performed on the West Coast USA in December, following on from the tour’s recent outings on the East Coast and Europe.


Pere Ubu - New Picnic Time - The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk)

Pere Ubu - Song Of The Bailing Man - Petrified

Pere Ubu - The Art Of Walking - Rounder

"Daringly different and dazzlingly diverse" Rough Trade

TROPICAL FUCK STORM / DERADOORIAN / THE LEMONHEADS / EARTH / LUCKY BREAK / HAYLIE DAVIS / WHITNEY K / BLACK LIPS / MONDE UFO / PICTISH TRAIL / GRAHAM REYNOLDS / VANISHING TWIN / JANE WEAVER / DECISIVE PINK / MARINA ALLEN / RVG / BAS JAN / MARTA DEL GRANDI / ISLET / ELLA RAPHAEL / FATEN KANAAN / LUCY GOOCH / HATER / RATS ON RAFTS / JOSEPHINE FOSTER / DEATH AND VANILLA / ROYAL TRUX / KRISTIN HERSH / THROWING MUSES / THE CHILLS / HALF JAPANESE / SEBADOH / THE DREAM SYNDICATE / AMBER ARCADES

Pere Ubu - Architecture Of Language - Sampler

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