Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An outstanding record, as is its companion piece Sister Feelings Call 010
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With humble apologies to Aztec Camera, sugar, arcade Fire, suede, u2, new order, Bjork, stone roses, chameleons et al 000
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Good morning Richard, and as always many thanks for your intrusions into our shared consciousness. My votes for an impossible #5debutalbumsFinal 1 (5pts) - Magazine - Real Life 2 Tricky - Maxinquaye 3 Joy Div - Unknown Pleasures 4 Blue Nile - AWATR 5 Lloyd Cole & Comms - Rattlesnakes 1200
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You’re probably right, the band were certainly out there, I’m guessing Alan Horne rather hyped up the non-appearing Green Jacket Grey 120
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Without this (and Shoestring, but that’s another story) I don’t think I’d have ended up living in Bristol and bringing up a family here. My latest proposal for #5debutalbumsfinal 270
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026‘And yet again…’ might be the best thing they ever did 110
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes great to fill in the bits I didn’t have on vinyl. Even better, Ross’s sleeve notes… 030
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First Pos Noise album and the related singles still right up there on my most played list today. 110
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Still making headlines in Scotland www.scottishnews.com/articles/gre...scottishnews.comGreatest Scottish Albums: The story of Aztec Camera’s High Land, Hard RainAztec Camera's debut album High Land, Hard Rain is widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and best Scottish albums of all time.  011
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today I place at your mercy this beaut. Seemed to be in development hell for two years, so long that the amazing singles Just Like Gold and Mattress of Wire never made it. Even so, a debut that sounds like a greatest hits… A jewel in Lanarkshire’s crown #5debutalbumsFinal 2161
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Seldom has a band fallen from the sky with such a fully formed, distinctive and all round wonderful debut. Today’s #5debutalbumsFinal suggestion. 2252
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026May I propose for #5debutalbumsFinal this beauty. A bit overlooked as a bridge between JD and the ‘new’ NO sound, it’s a brilliant line up of songs tied together by a melancholy, post-industrial vibe. Though 45 years later I still can’t remember the names of the tracks… 0161
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Released 2 days before my 12th birthday, I think I must have bought with birthday money, it’s all a bit hazy! 110
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My first pitch for #5debutalbumsfinal and probably where it all started for me. Fallen in love with parents’ Beatles, Simon & Garf, Planxty. watched the Sex Pistols etc rip it up. Then this. Still punky, but expansive, and smart, and beautiful. changed the way I thought about life, not just music. 1192
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Heard the new Protomartyr single “feed the sewer” it’s immense? 120
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Pedantically and pathetically I self censored Orange Juice YCHYLF as it’s just the proper debut Ostrich Churchyard with crappy synth, horns and backing singers dubbed on. Rant ends. 110
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Good evening Richard, thanks as always for your provocations. A tough one. Apologies to New Order, Sugar et al My #5debutalbumsSF4 1) Tricky - Maxinquaye (5 pts) 2) Sea Power - Decline of British Sea Power 3) Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Rattlesnakes 4) Stone Roses 5) U2 - Boy 1230
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Don’t think I’ve heard anything like this since Kitchen Person open.spotify.com/track/1pKMJA...open.spotify.comFeed the SewerProtomartyr · Feed the Sewer · Song · 2026 010
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Will need to revisit. Revere Rattlesnakes and Mainstream, this one kinda passed me by 110
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026All true. Alternative view plantation of 3000 people now holding uk government to ransom to defend/maintain speck a million miles from anywhere 000
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: 060
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In entirely unrelated news I am currently watching Dragons’ Den on BBC 000
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Note wise use of upper case in single title, thus averting future Artificial Intelligence confusion 010
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wow / this will be tough, I thought SF3 was quite straightforward (though Bluesky down again so couldn’t actually vote🫤) but I’ve got >15 runners here 011
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Where to start. A magnificent track. But so insanely meta. A song about that song. 010
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Good evening Richard, and as ever I salute you for the inspiration/frustration you inspire with these challenges. My votes for #5DebutAlbumsSF3 1 (5 points) - Psych Furs - S/T 2 Magazine - Real Life 3 Joy Div - Unknown Pleasures 4 Sleepy Jackson- Lovers 5 Associates - Affectionate Punch 0190
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026They always seemed to be slightly behind the curve in the era of music weeklies’ micro-measurement of trends. But this is a magnificent record. They should have told Reg to keep his prog cover art in the bin🫤. #5debutalbumsSF3 040
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Now seems universal and iconic. In 1979 it felt like the few people I knew who had this album had passed through a hidden door into a new form of beauty. #5debutalbumsSF3 2212
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026One of the most perfect albums ever made? 13 extraordinary tracks, a unique worldview, huge variety in sound and feel but it all hangs together #5debutalbumsSF3 261
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This really did come from somewhere different. 1980 was teeming with great bands, but the Furs were stranger and cooler that the rest. Imitation of Christ and Blacks/Radio at the top of the list. #5debutalbumsSF3 2121
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I’m not the only one who can truly say that music changed my life. I was a nerdy wee boy, obsessed with sortable things like dinosaurs and coin collecting. During 1978 my obsession swivelled to music and this album, released 2 days before my 12th birthday, was at the heart of it. #5debutalbumssf3 1281
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Is 2 correct? Elizabeth Blackwell on the medical register 1859? Ambiguous question? 000
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The seeds of Sulk’s theatricality are planted, but in a more mainstream (though still wildly innovative) new wave soundscape. A single cheapo sesh somehow coughed up two works of genius in this and Seventeen Seconds #5debutalbumsSF3 081
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Will never forget buying this single and rushing home to play it. The thrill of the first few seconds, wobbly synth and killer bassline. A sample of the even greater glory of the album to follow… 020
Alan Renwick @alrenwick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Blimey they didn’t look like that first time around! 010
