Venus Fly Trap 1986-2026 + special guests

VENUS FLY TRAP live + SPECIAL GUESTS

VENUS FLY TRAP-DEJA VU re-collection plus rarities collection 1986-2026-release date 12th july 2026-chosen as it was the first gig at stax/northampton 12th july 1986.

Out on GLASS MODERN CD/DL 12th JULY 2026.

https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/

To celebrate vft will be doing a special gig at the black prince in northampton on september 12th 2026 plus special guests to mark 40 YEARS.

"DEJA VU-happens due to a temporary glitch in the brains memory causing a new experience to feel like a familiar past memory"

TRACK LISTING
morphine-original version
catalyst
desolation railway
up there
rocket usa
cloud 9 lips
europa-12" mix
achilles heel
moscow menagerie-remix
see no evil
pulp sister
13 oclock
metropolis
sabotage
human fly
gemini löunge
vitesse
voodoo voodoo-attrition remix
control addicts
bebe

MARS the debut album...VFT were picked up by French label TUESDAY RECORDS(sub label of DANCETERIA)and the tracks were re-recorded as two 12” singles MORPHINE(1987) and DESOLATION RAILWAY(1988),both these tracks appear on the album MARS,which came out in 1989 on DANCETERIA.
PRESS-
“As dark as intelligent pop ever gets...is a rich concoction totally out of keeping with indie pop,but expected to compete on just such a farcical level.The bands compelling mixture of sublimely irritating lyrics and cutting guitar seen them snapped up.” MICK MERCER/MELODY MAKER 1988
“Gigging alongside the likes of JAZZ BUTCHER,CHILLS,TOM VERLAINE and the MISSION.Dark vocals,schizophrenic guitar bass lines entrap you in psychedelia and grate you with feedback.”HOUSE OF DOLLS-1988
“Venus in furs ? Heroin ? I quite happily attribute this quartet with a wry sense of humour...a feedback assisted,rigidly execeuted rock manoeuvre.”SOUNDS-1988
“Box clever here,a hypnotically rumbling tune unravelling out of a bright cacophony,some clattering song in the catacombs.”MELODY MAKER-1988
MORPHINE video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjjrBkaCALY
DESOLATION RAILWAY video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tSSwNqCJK8
TOTEM the second VFT album originally came out on DANCETERIA RECORDS(FRANCE) in 1989,recorded at RAVEN STUDIOS near Norwich and produced by HOWARD TURNER(NIVENS).
EUROPA videohttps://youtu.be/D20k4rNu_V0
PRESS-
“Their dark malevolent malaise has developed on its own terms.The very fact that eight more songs have sprung forth from the cauldron suggests that VFT aren’t messing about.In other words,the longer they go on playing this scary music,the more convincing it becomes.”ANDREW COLLINS/NME-1990
“All the songs have a hard hitting drum battery,choppy guitars,some clever keyboards,all overlaid with a voice that snarls,sneers and threatens.The press talk about PIL and Bauhaus but VFT have an identity of their own.From swelling keyboards to that mock Arabic wail.”TAB-1990
“VFT are the flowering of a nasty sort of Northampton dream.This record is not on government loan.This record does what it wants in a twisted sort of a way and i commend it to you as something bright.Its the only one of its kind and that counts for something.”PAT FISH/JAZZ BUTCHER-1989
PANDORAS BOX the third VFT album originally came out on DANCETERIA RECORDS(FRANCE)in 1991,recorded at SDH STUDIOS near Rouen/France by JEAN LOUIS(GREIF) and produced by PAT FISH(JAZZ BUTCHER).
ACHILLES HEEL videohttps://youtu.be/HUDNfxkniFw
PRESS-
“VFT have never played by the rules,preferring instead to make their own mark on the music industry by ignoring both convention and fashion in favour of their own belief and conviction.”SPIRAL SCRATCH-1991
“Leather clad msyterions,joy division,suicide hybrid,an album that should find itself clutched to many black clad bosoms.”BRUM BEAT-1992
LUNA TIDE the fourth VFT album originally released on SPECTRE RECORDS(GERMANY) in 1994,recorded at various studios OUTRIDER(UK),FAR HEATH(UK) by ANGUS and MANNI at HANSAHAUS,BONN(GERMANY).
MOSCOW MENAGERIE videohttps://youtu.be/bd_FwGS6_7o
PRESS-
“Semi concept album,darkly suggestive of that pre-goth rock mid 80s period,the musicianship is strong,all overlaid with a nifty doorsy Hammond organ.”KERRANG-1994
“VFT get more spacey in a Hawkwind way...maybe the Doors or 13th Floor Elevators with a hint of goth”.ORGAN-1995.

DARK AMOUR the fifth album originally came out on SOUNDBUSTER(GERMANY)in 1996,recorded at CAGE STUDIO in Coventry and produced by MARTIN BOWES(ATTRITION).
28TH MARCH videohttps://youtu.be/UQi2kL8v16c
PRESS-
“This offering mixes Psychic TV with hints of the Velvet Underground,very dark sparse ambient Hawkwind...Black psychedelic Sisters...futurist psyche outs,paranoia,obsession...classic film noir for your ears...forget everything you ever knew,their last release was good this is radiant.”ORGAN MAGAZINE 1997
“Incredible piece of creativity sees the band exploring new territories.The influences range from gothic rock to industrial and trippy psychedelic hypnotics.Classic.”FIGHT AMNESIA MAGAZINE-GERMANY 1998
“It has a filmic quality that wouldn’t sound out of place in the Naked Lunch or other sci-fi/noir thrillers”INTERFERENCE MAGAZINE 1998
ZENITH the sixth album originally came out on BIG BLUE/SPV(POLAND/GERMANY)in 2004,recorded at VILLERS WOOD in Northampton and produced by VFT.
SABOTAGE videohttps://youtu.be/5FVkJCdo3HM
PRESS-
“VFT can be catchy,poppy even,incredibly accessible,they can also get into a dark,threatening or even minimalist mood.”LA MAGIC BOX-FRANCE 2004
“They play with fragile yet confrontational musical forms,revealing their deft hand in musical narration.A pity there aren’t more like them.ROCKSOUND MAGAZINE 2004

NEMESIS the seventh album originally came out on BIG BLUE/SPV(POLAND/GERMANY)in 2010,recorded at VILLERS WOOD/HOT ROCK in Northampton and produced by VFT.
HUMAN FLY videohttps://youtu.be/QhZZE22WPZA
PRESS-
“Their most openly inviting and infectious record by a mile,there isn’t a duff moment on this and its so ludricrously charming,i cant think why anyone wouldn’t like this.”MICK MERCER 2010
“You can hear once again what brilliant songwriters they are.”PEEK A BOO MAGAZINE-BELGIUM 2010
ICON the eigth album released on GLASS MODERN in 2018....
PRESS-
“Icon is totally engaging throughout, and despite the band’s gothic lineage, never takes itself too seriously, from the Dr. Who-inspired new wave ditty The Genesis of the Daleks to Deadly Nightshade, a disco-beat propelled gem that warns of femme fatale’s and carnal delights. It also showcases the odd appeal of Alex Novak’s quavering, bassy vocals, which further distinguishes the group from their competitors.”SMELLS LIKE INFINITE SADNESS 2018
“Songs such as Vitesse feel almost like eighties new pop, the cooler end of what would go on to become the commercial New Romantic wave, Flashback melds Gun Club grooves with B52’s warped deliveries and then ramps up the intensity until it feels more like the sound track to the last party before the apocalypse. Return of The Sidewinder plays with voodoo reggae grooves and opening salvo and title track is a wonderful spoken word, sci-fi collage that takes retro TV themes and throws them into the very future that they were trying to describe.Icon covers a lot of ground within its chosen generic circle. Music of this nature, gothic if you want to call it that, often falls foul of cliche, of trying to live up to its own self-image. The Venus Fly Trap is cleverer than that and whilst it will still appeal to those kohl eyed creatures of the night, it will also find favour with a host of other discerning listeners.”DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE 2018
VITESSE video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzPsw28jm50
Recent releases...
CONTROL ADDICTS-To celebrate 40 years of GLASS RECORDS VFT cover a RELIGIOUS OVERDOSE song that was originally released as a 7" single in 1980, ALEX NOVAK is/was vocalist in both bands.The Glass compilation will be called GLASS : RE MAKE/RE MODEL in 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JKFIHCn5Kk
BEBE-Dedicated to Bebe and Louis Barron who created the soundtrack to the 1954 sci-fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET and are credited with creating the first electronic music to be recorded in the USA,came out on GLASS in 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2coEjy139mk

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