Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - The Bridge - CD

Release Date: 13th May 2022
Catalogue Number: CDBRIDGE1

• Art card signed by Thomas Leer
• Card pack with booklet and sleeve notes

Thomas Leer and Robert Rental’s The Bridge is re-issued on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1979 and on CD for the first time since 1992. With Robert unfortunately passing away in 2000, this record, Leer and Rental’s one and only album together, stands alone in capturing the duo’s pioneering capabilities. The Bridge was originally released on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records label in 1979 and is considered to be an early electronic avant-garde synth-pop masterpiece, seeing the likes of John Foxx, Propaganda, Art of Noise and ABC citing the pair as key influences.

The release of this album aligns with the long awaited London debut for the exhibition ‘From The Port To The Bridge’ which will be held at The Horse Hospital in central London from 21st January until 10th February 2022. The exhibition, which was previously shown in Greenock in 2018, shares the story behind Thomas Leer and Robert Rental’s and the making of the album.

1. Attack Decay
2. Monochrome Days
3. Day Breaks, Night Heals
4. Connotations
5. Fade Away
6. Interferon
7. Six A.M.
8. The Hard Way In and the Easy Way Out
9. Perpetual