The Fall

Iconoclassic reissues and expands The Fall's 18th studio album as a 2-CD set.  1996's The Light User Syndrome - the band's first album with Julia Nagle and last with Brix Smith - was previously reissued on CD via the Receiver and Castle Music labels.  But whereas the Castle edition had just two bonus tracks (the single sides "The Chiselers" and "Chilinist"),  Iconoclassic's upcoming expansion boasts those two sides as well as an additional 10 cuts.  The first CD features the original album, while the second has the 12 bonus tracks also including alternate versions and live recordings originally issued on various compilations but now placed into proper context.  Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham have remastered the audio.  The deluxe package designed by Edward ODowd is topped off by Daryl Easlea's oral history which draws on 2022 interviews with surviving band members.