Over the last week (mainly due to a mention of Martin Hannett on here) I have been diving headlong back into this bands work.
I was obsessed with 'Closer' when i was about 15/16 (although i never really bothered with New Order)
Anyway I hadn't listened to either of their albums in full in years, but this week I have had Closer on heavy rotation and fucking hell does it still hit home like the most incredible gut punch.....you can feel Curtis' pain, you can reach out and smell the atmosphere created of unease and anxiety.
And fucking hell those last two tracks just leave me shaking they are so bleak, so chilling but so, so, so beautiful.
I hadn't forgotten how incredible an album it was but i think as a much older man, and shall we say a much more experienced man the record hits with an even deeper punch.
Any fans here?