Channeling the Euro-pop sensibilities of Crepuscule and the ethereal goth of 4AD, Vazz arrived in Glasgow just as the Sound of Young Scotland was taking off. Armed with a
drum machine, guitar, bass, and Anna Howson’s icy cooing, the duo offered a darker take to a scene dominated by optimists Orange Juice, Josef K, and Aztec Camera.

This 40th anniversary edition of their 1986 mini-album Your
Lungs and Your Tongues compiles their complete Cathexis recordings and adds a handful of unissued minimal wave pearls. Colder than Dalwhinnie on the solstice— better bring a parka.