People & Industry album cover

The follow up to Interim Report, March 1979 provides a soundtrack to industry, employment and life in Warrington-Runcorn at the tail end of the 1970s.

Nine new tracks celebrate the work and communities that surrounded the Warrington-Runcorn area, from the petrochemical plant at Weston Point to the cutting-edge Parkside Colliery at Newton-le-Willows.

The album was out on 3rd September 2021 on coloured vinyl and digital formats from Castles in Space and records stores across the UK.

Electronic Sound review
Interview with Bob Fischer for The Haunted Generation

Reviews

It’s retro-futurism as head-shaking social comment, a heartrending experience. An album of stained overalls and shattered pride.
Electronic Sound
An onboarding seminar for a distant time and place, when specks on the map of England had enormous cooling towers on their horizons.
Bleep
A sequel every bit as dazzling and mysterious as its predecessor. Rarely, if ever, has decay and decline sounded so addictive and beautiful. Essential.
Kickingmachine, Bandcamp

Information

No.Song titleLength
A01Fanfare For The Working Man1m 04s
A02Built By Robots3m 50s
A03Petrochemical5m 03s
A04This Is The Age Of The Train2m 36s
A05Man And Manufacturing6m 00s
B06Part Of The Union5m 12s
B07Polytechnic4m 14s
B08Eye See Eye4m 57s
B09Managed Decline3m 50s
C10Aerospace (bonus track via Bandcamp and CD only)6m 02s
C11Industrial Zone (bonus track via Bandcamp and CD only)3m 57s
PressingDateDescriptionCopies
First pressingSeptember 2021Blue and white marble vinyl700 copies
First pressingSeptember 2021Red and white marble vinyl300 copies
Second pressingOctober 2022Transparent blue vinyl500 copies