Beschreibung

1.The life we lead 03:28
2.All I was (SEX) 05:30
3.Take another drink 07:15
4.Melt the ice 04:12
5.Not this way 05:23
6.Swallow 05:09
7.She flies away 05:52
8.Something pure 04:34

VINYL VERSION standard black (150 copies), inc. double sided insert + download code.
NEGATIVE IMAGE was a short lived, but intense band hailing from Lake Arrowhead in southern California. Born in 1988 they carried out a mix of post-punk, darkwave and synthpop. In their own words: ‚This wasn’t just music. It was escape. It was identity. It was the soundtrack to eyeliner, empty streets, and something unspoken‘.

They put out a self-produced cassette-only release (impossible to find these days) called CONFUSION, two songs from it also made it to a 12” test pressing (even more impossible to find!). CONFUSION featured six songs in 1989 and now thirty six years later we bring it back from oblivion, adding two more songs from the same recordings to round it up to a full album and on our beloved vinyl format!

We are pleased to bring you CONFUSION as a limited, hand numbered vinyl edition split in two colours; 100 copies in smoked translucent red and 150 in standard black, housed in a matt finish sleeve with a double sided insert and download code.
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releases October 20, 2025

NEGATIVE IMAGE was:

Aaron Hope – vocals
Terry Lundwall – bass
Julian Riskus – lead guitar
Glenn Thayer – keyboards
Jason Timothy – guitar

Music by Negative Image, lyrics by Aaron Hope except Not This Way and Take Another Drink by Julian Riskus.

Produced by Negative Image and John H. Riskus. Recorded at Coyote Studios, Santa Barbara, CA in 1989. Engineered by Timothy Ward, retouched by Jason Timothy.

Mastered by Nicolás Zúñiga.
Artwork by David Lanna.

Band photography by John H. Riskus. Original (girls on screen) photo by Aaron Hope, with models Deanna Bodenhamer and Amy Carpenter.