''The Peel Sessions'' is an EP by

Band of Susans Band of Susans was an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1986 and active until 1996. It originally consisted of Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals), Ron Spitzer (drums), with Susan Lyall (guitar), Su ...

, recorded in 1988 and 1989 from sessions with

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but not released until 1992. The first four tracks feature the same line-up as '' Love Agenda'' (with the latterly relatively famous

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as one of the guitarists) but the latter two feature a line-up that never recorded any other material. "Child of the Moon" (a

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cover) and "Which Dream Came True" had been on '' Love Agenda'' whilst "Throne of Blood" and "Hope Against Hope" were on the debut. The remaining two tracks are covers of Wire's "Too Late" and Gang of Four's "I Found That Essence Rare" and were never on any Band of Susans album released on

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Track listing

# "I Found That Essence Rare" (

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) - 2:41 # "Throne of Blood" (Robert Poss) - 4:09 # "Child of the Moon" (

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) - 4:04 # "Hope Against Hope" (Robert Poss) - 6:22 # "Which Dream Came True" (Robert Poss) - 6:27 # "Too Late" (

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) - 3:29

Personnel

Adapted from ''The Peel Session'' liner notes. *

Robert Poss Robert Poss is an American guitarist and music producer. He was the front man and primary composer for Band of Susans between 1986 and 1996. He has also collaborated with Rhys Chatham and the band When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Wate ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Susan Stenger - bass * Karen Haglof - guitar *

- guitar (tracks: 1 to 4) * Mark Lonergan - guitar (tracks: 5, 6) * Ron Spitzer -

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peel Sessions (Band of Susans), The Band of Susans albums

1992 live albums 1992 compilation albums Live EPs 1992 EPs Albums produced by Robert Poss