Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who made her mainstream breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 2000s, Theaudience were active for three years, between 1996 and 1999.The Britpop group had a string of singles from their debut LP, including ‘If You Can’t Do It When You’re Young; When Can You Do It?’ and ‘A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed’.
They disbanded after a set of demos recorded for their second album – which was never formally released – were rejected by Mercury Records.Now, guitarist Billy Reeves has announced a reissue of Theaudience’s self-titled album will arrive on April 30.
The 2LP set, which Reeves says will include “extras and [sleeve notes] and lyrics and so-forth”, features six bonus tracks, all of which were also released as B-sides on CD and vinyl singles ahead of the album’s August 1998 release.One such track is ‘Boutique In My Backyard’, initially released as a CD-exclusive bonus on the single ‘I Know Enough (I Don’t Get Enough)’.
According to Reeves, that will also be released on a seven-inch zoetrope vinyl. You can listen to that below – pre-orders for the vinyl reissue of ‘Theaudieence’ are available now.
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