About
Sad Lovers and Giants are a post-punk band from Watford, England who formed in 1981. The band's members have included Garçe (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (who went on to form The Snake Corps) (guitar), Tony McGuinness (now part of the trance trio Above & Beyond) (Guitar), Cliff Silver (bass), Ian Gibson (bass), David Wood (keyboards and saxophone), Juliet Sainsbury (keyboards) and Nigel Pollard (drums & percussion) Will Hicks (keyboards). The original line up produced two albums, Epic Garden Music and Feeding the Flame, but split up in 1984 on the verge of commercial success unfortunately. They returned in 1987 after a personnel change and released The Mirror Test album. There followed the albums Headland and Treehouse Poetry before the demise of Midnight Music and then later Melting in the Fullness of Time on Voight-Kampff Records. E-mail From Eternity, a 'best of' compilation was released in 1996. Sad Lovers & Giants are currently writing and recording a new album and are playing live dates around Europe. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Sad Lovers and Giants
Sad Lovers and Giants are a post-punk band from Watford, England who formed in 1981. The band's members have included Garçe (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (who went on to form The Snake Corps) (guitar), Tony McGuinness (now part of the trance trio Above & Beyond) (Guitar), Cliff Silver (bass), Ian Gibson (bass), David Wood (keyboards and saxophone), Juliet Sainsbury (keyboards) and Nigel Pollard (drums & percussion) Will Hicks (keyboards). The original line up produced two albums Read more on Last.fm
1981
Releases
Singles Collection 1981-1983
2025 · 0 tracks
Asylum Town
2020 · 0 tracks
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E-Mail from Eternity: The Best of Sad Lovers and Giants [Explicit]
2019 · 0 tracks
Les Années Vertes
2019 · 0 tracks
The Mirror Test Redux
2019 · 0 tracks
Mission Creep
2018 · 12 tracks
Paradise - Single
2018 · 1 tracks
Paradise
2018 · 1 tracks
Where The Light Shines Through 1981-2017
2017 · 89 tracks
Where the Light Shines Through: The Bigger Picture 1981-2017
2017 · 89 tracks
Lost In A Sea Full Of Sighs
2016 · 9 tracks
Headland / Clocks Go Backwards
2011 · 12 tracks
Headland: Clocks Go Backwards - EP
2011 · 12 tracks
Rare
2011 · 19 tracks
Himalaya / Happiness Is Fragile
2010 · 3 tracks
Melting in the Fullness of Time
2002 · 8 tracks
Headland And Treehouse Poetry
2001 · 15 tracks
la dolce vita (live in Lausanne)
1999 · 12 tracks
E-Mail From Eternity: The Best of Sad Lovers and Giants
1996 · 17 tracks
E-Mail From Eternity (The Best of)
1996 · 18 tracks