V/A "The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985" Gracie Abrams "The Secrets Of Us" The band's mission statement with

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and in 2008 the band was thrust into the spotlight when Bruises was synched in an iPod commercial as the Brooklyn indie scene peaked as an international export

000 copies through it's initial cycle

as well as the previously unreleased track "Martyr"-recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions-which was released as a single in late October 2006

V/A "The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985" Gracie Abrams "The Secrets Of Us" The band's mission statement withAll The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth pop 1978 1985 is a new Double Vinyl compilation that charts the underbelly of the epoch defining sound of the synthesiser in 80s popular music. Compiled by curator Phil King , the music here connects the dots between DIY synth enthusiasts grappling with new, cheap synthesisers at the tail end of punk and wannabe, jobbing songwriters enthral to the new music pioneered by Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and Daniel Millers