RUMBLE - EDGE OF NOWHERE / DOING TWO 7’ SINGLES
We were on a total roll in and around 1995. Wormhole had signed to Roadrunner Records who were releasing some EPs by them before re-releasing their Chick Dig Scars album. We had released three good albums pretty much one after the other from The Sewing Room, Wormhole and In Motion. I don’t know where the idea of doing 7’ singles came from but I suspect we took some inspiration from the beautiful generic cover designed by Naill from Jubilee for their self-released first single.
It was crazy at the time in how things seemed to be just flowing. Marc recorded a session with some old friends of his from teenage years in and around Dundalk and the music scene which barely existed there. Myself and Og heard the Rumble tape and spent days listening to the songs on it. ‘Edge of Nowhere’, available above, stood out. It’s as sweet and innocent in its own way as ‘Please Don’t Give Up On Me’ by Jubilee which was recorded pretty much the same month by Marc.
It reminded me, and still does, of teen years wanting to and then actually hanging out with the punks in Blackrock outside Dundalk - Stano and Big Stano being the most of them! Pete had had virtually the same experiences in ‘The Rock’ and the song, at least to me, is about the cartoon romanticised version of Blackrock and all who sailed within her which existed in my head.
The songs became the A sides of two 7’ singles which we put out simultaneously. The Jubilee single got an incredible amount of press attention. Rumble’s didn’t - which I still think is a shame.
When we released the singles they each came with a postcard advertising our extant wares. I’m kind of shocked when I look at the list on them and realise that all this happened in about 10 months of frenetic activity? (Note to self - I have to get a proper timeline together).
I’d completely forgotten that we sold out our run of the Wormhole albums so quickly. But that’s another story for later.
The images below include the press shot I did for Jubilee at the time of the single releases and an example of the postcards - front and back.
