Varios artistas - Greater Manchester Punk 1977-81 empress of Scott Walker has scaled the

Scott Walker has scaled the heights of pop superstardom

bass heavy

A musical collaboration between National vocalist/lyricist Matt Berninger and multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls

"For me it's the most free we have been

Manchester or Sheffield at the time

Varios artistas - Greater Manchester Punk 1977-81 empress of Scott Walker has scaled the14 rare and previously unreleased Punk and Post Punk tracks from the more obscure original Manchester bands of the time. The majority supported established acts such as the Buzzcocks and Joy Division and some went on to form legendary bands in later eras (Mike Joyce, The Hoax.) In the spirit of theDIY ethos of the punk era, most were recorded in small studios and released in limited pressings and have become a must have for the discerning punk