Second City Static 004 Lung Leg, Unmarry Me

SCS004 features contributions from Lung Leg & Unmarry Me.

Lung Leg ‘s track ‘Girls’ features Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic) on Saxophone and is the bands’ first new release since 1998. The flip-side, ‘Unmarry Me! (Anthem)’, is the debut song from Unmarry Me, whose line-up includes founding members of girl-boy revolutionaries Huggy Bear.

This is a limited pressing of 300 7″ singles, of which 140 have been made available for general sale.

The outer sleeve artwork is by renowned illustrator (and former Pastel) Annabel Wright.
Inner sleeve art by Russell Elder.
‘Girls’ was recorded and mixed by Erin Sinead McHugh at La Chunky Studio.
‘Unmarry Me! (Anthem)’ was recorded and mixed by the band.
Both songs were mastered by Samuel J. Smith.

LUNG LEG formed in Glasgow in 1994 and were part of the city’s vibrant DIY underground scene. They blended elements of post-punk, C86, and riot grrrl, creating a sound described as pop-punk and garage rock. The original lineup included Jane McKeown (“Jane Egypt”), Annie Spandex, Amanda “Jade Green” Doorbar, and Maureen “MoMo” Quinn. They released two EPs in the mid-1990s: ‘The Negative Delinquent Autopsy’ and ‘Shagg the Tiger’. The band’s debut album, ‘Maid to Minx’, was released in 1998. At the turn of the century Lung Leg imploded, scattering their component members to different parts of the country or to other groups. Following the reissue of ‘Maid To Minx’ in 2022, the band reformed with Jane and Annie joined by new members Paul Thomson, Simone Antigone and Hando Morice, They have recently featured in the documentary ‘Since Yesterday’ and are writing and recording new material.

UNMARRY ME is a triangular shaped group comprising of Lise Frances, Jon Slade and Chris Rowley. London to Brighton and back again.
Unmarry Me are a group that have been together for about half a year in a world in trouble.
Unmarry Me are therefore a group trying to carve out some joy and light as a form of resistance, no small feat or maybe grandiose but worth stating.
Unmarry Me is comprised of personnel who have all had time or continue to have time in other groups, who did not take easy routes or money and didn’t make many friends, so it goes…
These groups respectively or chronologically were and are Huggy Bear, Comet Gain, I’m Being Good, Help She Can’t Swim, Snoozers, Adulkt Life – bands that time will record as being on the right side of history and herstory,..
Unmarry Me play and record and create and make in a d i y syncretism that’s useful to themselves, distinct and not worth talking about!…
Unmarry Me are about bending, queering, breaking and resetting rules, smudging boundaries and having lots of excellent fun.