The Fates - FuriaOriginally scheduled for release on Halloween 1985 this privately pressed all female post punk broken folk collective concept album was resurrected from the ashes of the original line up of The Fall and Velvet Underground singer Nicos Blue Orchids backing band at the command of pioneering Manchester female punk icon Una Baines before disappearing into the annals of UK punk purgatory. Comprising all the DIY traits and snarling attitudes of Manchesters

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