The Distractions

Manc legends.
Nobody's Perfect 2CD+LP reissue (Man In The Moon/Occultation 2020).
New LPs (Occultation 2012-17).
Gigs & new releases from NEW DISTRACTIONS.

[Campion Records @CampionRecords]

@DistractionsMcr @colonelstewart Just over a year since I made their first recording 18 September 1978 - finally available on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your downloads https://t.co/3v4KCEXVxb

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

The Distractions sign to Island Records. Music Week, 13 Oct 1979
@colonelstewart

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

The Distractions at Dingwalls, reviewed by Charles Shaar Murray in the NME, 12 July 1980.

"Leave You To Dream is one of the most affecting pop songs of the '80s"

"May The Distractions always get encores; may they always play as if they have to work to get them"

Thanks @nme80s

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

The Distractions at Dingwalls, reviewed by Charles Shaar Murray in the NME, 12 July 1980.

"A high spot in anybody's pop week"

"Finney's voice shows its Northern Soul roots in every syllable"

"Rhythm and impeccable melody"

Thanks @nme1980s

[NME 1980s @nme1980s]

Basement 5, Delta 5, The Distractions, Swinging Cats - live reviews.
Pics by Philip Grey, Tom Sheehan, Peter Anderson.
New Musical Express, 12 July 1980.

[Nick Stewart @colonelstewart]

@nme1980s @DistractionsMcr My first signing to @islandrecordsuk in 1979 picked up from Factory

[Campion Records @CampionRecords]

& it still sounds bloody magnificent!! Available from #Spotify #iTunes #Applemusic or wherever you get your downloads #Distractions

[NME 1980s @nme1980s]

The Distractions advert.
New Musical Express, 4 October 1980.

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

From the history of @CampionRecords (est. 1958)

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

Nobody's Perfect features on Steve Schnee's channel today. Kind words and clips of several album highlights:
https://t.co/HZk5Coh7zm

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

If you bought the 10" physical version at the time and would like the digital just drop Occultation a line with some means of verifying your purchase (receipt if you have it, if not they'll try and find you in their records by name and e-mail).

https://t.co/7kHKXhZDYE

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

'The Distractions Go Dark' digital release by
Occultation Recordings. Originally a 10" bundled with the third and final LP 'Kindly Leave the Stage'. These 6 tracks were recorded at the sessions for 'Kindly' (side 1) and 'End of the Pier' (side 2).
https://t.co/7kHKXhZDYE

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

THE DISTRACTIONS. Something Lasts.

By David Quantick

1981... The Distractions, who were famous in some circles for releasing a single on Factory Records called Time Goes By So Slow... one of those songs that exists outside time. It sounds like a dream...
https://t.co/JGpWuuDPQ1

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

Letter from Tony Rodgers in Feb's @RecCollMag

[Mark Ogden @MarkOgden_]

There’s also a professional etiquette of not taking the piss. Debatable whether City could have eased up after six...

[The Football Tavern @TavernFootball]

**** Breaking News*****

Watford have sacked Liverpool manager Arne Slot.

In a statement the club said

'Someone had to f**king do it. Might as well be us.'

[Sounds Clips @SoundsClips]

Singles reviewed by Dave McCullough in Sounds 24th, November 1979 including The Distractions and Suicide's 'Dream Baby Dream'.
@DistractionsMcr

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

What a buzz to feature in @RecCollMag's 80 finest releases from 1980! Between John Cooper Clarke and The Specials will do.

"Vulnerable pop-rock now rendered legendary".

The Nobody's Perfect 2CD 48-track reissue on @occultationuk received a glowing review in RC five years ago...

[The Distractions @DistractionsMcr]

Good to feature on @FarOutMag's list
https://t.co/yHdhmfYxoX

[Far Out Magazine @FarOutMag]

The 100 most underrated songs of the 1970s https://t.co/Yxwt5KGqY7