SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Drums A diversity of instruments and

A diversity of instruments and arrangements subvert expectations at every turn and bring new depth to each passage with the band utilizing samples of contra bassoon and Rufai mystic rituals while doing away with guitar entirely

Saccharine sweetness or fatalistic tales of unrequited affection are nowhere to be found on Love In Shadow

but spaced out enough to connect with the audience that has already been wrapped up in the first two releases

Callahan's songs are slices of Americana at its finest--from the Yankee transcendentalism of New England forefathers to the sweep of westward expansion and the chokehold of loss and longing

SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Drums A diversity of instruments andSelf Abuse was formed in Bournemouth, Dorset in January 1982 when Andy Nazer [vocals bass] and Dave Brown [guitar vocals] both 16 old and still at school, got together with Roger [later Jarvis] Smale [guitar] and Steve Ridgeway [drums] both age 17. The first gig was played in at the Sloop pub, Poole, [with Barbed Wire] in October and the first cassette 'State of Mind' was recorded and released on their own 'Abused Tapes' label later that year. 1983