Hopes & Fears

The first Art Bears LP, mostly made by the band formerly known as Henry Cow and completed by Fred Frith, Chris Cutler and Dagmar Krause, who went on as Art Bears to investigate this short song format further in the next two years, after Henry Cow ceased to exist. Experimenting with the song form and the productive possibilities of the recording studio, this was hailed in its time (1978) as a landmark recording, and has been constantly in demand ever since. Therefore this new version, re-mastered to current standards and sounding for the first time like the original tapes. Repackaged.