Lilac Time
Astronauts (3cd)
A super deluxe, expanded, remastered reissue of The Lilac Time's 1991 masterpiece 'Astronauts.' Only 1,000 copies of each format - a triple vinyl, triple CD or single vinyl - were produced, and there will be no further pressings. CD1 is the 2024 Abbey Road remaster. CD2 is a collection of works in progress entitled 'Softened By Rain The Making Of Astronauts.' CD3 is a live compilation 'Any Road Up The Lilac Time Live 1990/91.' With the shoegaze and baggy movements at their zenith, The Lilac Time's fourth album was released at a moment when the left-field music zeitgeist was shaped by the nascent shoegaze, baggy and grunge movements. Whilst Astronauts conformed to none of those trends, neither was it the record Stephen had in his head when he finally finished working on it.