NEW GANG OF FOUR TRACKS

After being cited as a post punk influence by everyone and their mother, five years ago Gang of Four seized the opportunity. They reunited and released an album of newly recorded versions of their own old material. Depending on your level of cynicism, it could be seen as the ultimate narcissistic tribute album, a quick cash in, or an excuse to reunite and tour again. However you choose to see it, you might want to reserve judgment until January, when they release "Content," an album of all new material. They've released three new songs as free downloads. Well, not entirely new; one is a fan remix of one of the new tracks ("I Party All the Time"), one is a rehearsal version of a song that is being left off the new album ("Sleeper"), and the third is another rerecorded song ("Glass"). That's kind of milking it, but what do you expect for nothing? So, giving them the benefit of the doubt, I went to their website, and (there's always a catch), you have to give your email address to download them. Personally, I'd just as soon wait to hear them, rather then give out my email address to who knows who. So, I decided to do some digging and I found them, on Here Comes the Flood.

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Gang of Four - I Party All the Time (remix) mp3 at Here Come the Flood
Gang of Four - Sleeper (rehearsal) mp3 at Here Come the Flood
Gang of Four - Glass (rerecorded) mp3 at Here Come the Flood
Gang of Four's Andy Gill and Jon King on the downloads at the Guardian UK (and email repository)
Gang of Four's official site