White House Demos [LP]

Chapterhouse - White House Demos [LP]

Legendary shoegaze band Chapterhouse share their first ever recordings on a new EP, White House Demos. The four tracks were laid down at The White House studio in Weston-super-Mare on January 15, 1989, when the band were only four gigs old. The tracks weren't included on 2023's career-spanning Chronology boxset because they had been forgotten about -- until the intervention of Slowdive guitarist Christian Savill. He and Patman worked together in an office in Reading as their respective bands were starting out and he says the demo remains "their best record." Of the four tracks that make up the EP, "Ecstasy" has appeared in various versions and permutations on Chapterhouse compilations over the years, but never in its full eight-minute glory; a much later version of "Guilt" was included on the band's 1991 debut album and shoegaze classic Whirlpool; a version of "Die Die Die" was also included with that album on a bonus 12", and remained part of the band's live set for a while. The stunning "See That Girl," however, has never been released before. With 36 years of distance, it sounds like something of a lost classic, and the White House Demos as a whole feel like a brief moment in time captured forever.01. Ecstasy _x000D_02. Guilt _x000D_03. See That Girl _x000D_04. Die Die Die