Close Lobsters: Firestation Towers: 1986-1989  Track List  Album
Notes  As one of the groups featured on the legendary C86
cassette release by the NME, Scotland's Close Lobsters' place in
the history of indie pop was already cemented. Their
contribution, "Firestation Towers," was one of the set's
highlights and featured all the things that made them special.
The skittering and breezily melodic guitars, the uptempo pulse
of the rhythm section, Andrew Burnett's inscrutable lyrics, and
the solid craft of their songwriting are all present. Over the
course of several singles and two really solid album, Close
Lobsters operated outside the realm of mass popularity, but
listening to Firestation Towers: 1986-1989, Fire's 2015
collection of their complete recorded works, it's clear that the
lack of heaping amounts of popularity wasn't their fault at all.
The disc of singles (which was previously released as Forever
Until Victory! The Singles Collection in 2009) has a bunch of
songs that sound like hits, especially "Let