from the LP Movement, Factory Records, 1981Losing your good buddy to suicide would have been a difficult enough circumstance for anybody, but when that buddy happened to be the lead singer and songwriter of your band, well---I’m not sure I would’ve had the stomach for it anymore. For that, you have to hand it to those that remained after Ian Curtis hung himself, thereby ending the band Joy Division and, thus, beginning the new entity they appropriately named New Order. This first album of theirs keeps one foot planted firmly in the past, sounding kind of like their former group, save for an increasing use of synths and electric drums. The recent remasters of early New Orders albums have unearthed some real gems, this track being one of them; I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t have included this number, it fucking smokes!
