We are happy to announce the re-release of The Love Of Hopeless Causes on 180 gram vinyl - this is a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on flaming coloured vinyl, and is available to pre-order now through our Shop
NMA Online Shop: HERE
While of course we would prefer you to order directly from us, shipping costs and Brexit complications mean that you may find it cheaper from local sources. The release date is 2nd May 2025.
The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993)
By the early 1990s, almost by accident, we had begun to carve out a particular identity for ourselves, so The Love of Hopeless Causes was not what anyone was expecting. We felt that we were in danger of getting trapped in a folk-rock cul-de-sac, so, just as this ‘style’ became a fashionable and commercial sound in the UK, we made a deliberate move away from it and straight and into guitar-driven rock music. It is a full-on album, driven equally by personal traumas, including Justin's near-death electrocution on stage in Switzerland, and the massive changes going on in the world around us and it was produced at Amazon Studios in Liverpool with huge energy, joy and charisma by Niko Bolas and later beautifully mixed by Bob Clearmountain in Los Angeles.
"It's one of my favourite NMA albums... I have vivid memories of how Robert, Nel and myself were set-up in a circle, with stage monitors rather than headphones, and with Niko headbanging in the middle. Everything was about passion. That and the thrill of hearing for the first time how Bob had mixed 'War'... " JS
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