Collection: Mega City Four 7"s

Collection: Mega City Four 7"s, a photo by Tim PopKid on Flickr.

Mega City Four - Miles Apart - Mega City - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Miles Apart - Decoy - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Clear Blue Sky - Decoy - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Less Than Senseless - Decoy - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - There Goes My Happy Marriage - Decoy - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Awkward Kid - Decoy - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Words That Say - Big Life - Green Vinyl
Mega City Four - Words That Say (Promo) - Big Life - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Stop - Big Life - Red Vinyl
Mega City Four - Stop (Live) - Big Life - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Shivering Sand - Big Life - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Shivering Sand (Live) - Big Life - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Iron Sky - Big Life - Pale Blue Vinyl
Mega City Four - Wallflower - Big Life - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four / Refreshments - Split 7” - Gaga Goodies - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Skidding - Fire - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Superstar - Fire - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Android Dreams - Fire - Black Vinyl
Mega City Four - Dustbowl - Fire - Black Vinyl - Came w/ Soulscraper LP
Mega City Four - Android Dreams - Park 'N' Ride - Black Vinyl

Missing: Just a couple compilation 7"s, I think.

Mega City Four is such an amazing band, and yet another that I don't think gets the credit they deserve. Active in the UK during the late 80's & early 90's, they were contemporaries of Snuff, Senseless Things & Ned's Atomic Dustbin, but they never enjoyed the same level of recognition in the US as any of these bands. They managed to weave together a punk DIY asthetic with simply astonishing tunes & melodies. The vocals of lead singer Wiz hit a register that reminds me a bit of Doug Martsch from Built To Spill, but with a rougher, more lived in quality. One of the best.

I was pretty lucky while accumulating this collection. I picked up the vast majority of these 7"s on a trip to England in 1997. it seemed every store i went to had a stash of old MC4 singles lying around. The only one that proved elusive for a while was the Mega City four / Refreshments split, but that appeared on eBay one day a few years ago and the collection was complete. You should go hunt these down too, they're just too great to not have in your collection.

Mega City Four - Awkward Kid:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/JTcSO8LgcoI

Mega City Four - Distant Relatives:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/24B0EClRAT0

Mega City Four - Dancing Days Are Over:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/B2tO_UfEOLM