Brand new album from TV Smith (Adverts) features the singles Send in the Clowns & I Surf the Second wave In card gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet including lyrics. TV Smith was founder member, singer and songwriter for the Adverts, who formed in late 1976, and became one of the leading bands in the first wave of British punk rock. In early 1977, they performed regularly at the newly opened Roxy Club in London, and gained cult success with the Stiff Records single "One Chord Wonders." Their next release, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" became a hit record, leading to many radio and TV appearances and extensive media interest. A further single, No Time To Be 21, also entered the charts, and the band spent the rest of the year playing live, including major tours with The Damned and Iggy Pop. The album that followed in early 1978, "Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts," is still considered a genuine classic of the era and is often cited as one of the twenty best punk albums ever released.Fiercely independent and determinedly embodying the original spirit of punk rock, TV was until recently playing over 100 gigs a year all over the world. His final appearances before the Coronavirus pandemic hit the UK were in March with punk legends Stiff Little Fingers and The Professionals. Their month-long tour together was called off after only three dates as the country went into lockdown, and shortly afterwards all of TV s 56 gigs planned for the rest of 2020 were also cancelled. Not to be daunted, he went straight to work in his home studio and wrote and recorded eleven new songs inspired by the current crisis. The resulting album, Lockdown Holiday, will be released in November.

The Lucky Ones
Bounce Back
Artificial Flowers
Fake News
Lockdown Holiday
Send in the Clowns
The Race for Last Place
Join the Main Stream
The Good Old Days
I Surf the Second Wave
Going Nowhere Fast