THE MOMENT "THE WORK GETS DONE" 1985

For their first single In This Town Rob took lead vocals, but Adrian took over vocal duties fairly quickly. He was also the main songwriter. I first read an interview with them in a fanzine called Shadows And Reflections by Chris Hunt (who since became a very successful journalist and writer). The article described them as starting out as a sort of Mod Revival era type band like The Chords, only moving on from that and producing a very modern Mod sound. And that they did, probably because they took influence from music outside of the normally narrow Mod scene. I was intrigued and when their first single came out I searched it out.
I loved the a-side In This Town, which did sound very Chords/Jam. But better still was the Adrian Holder sung b-side Just Once which sounded like a thunder storm brewing. Then the second single One,Two, They Fly came out later that year and I fell in love. Big bright jagged guitars, brass and huge amounts of energy as Adrian and Rob duetted over beautifully melancholy chords.
And it sounded new. There were sixties and punk influences but they didn't control things. And then their only album came out The Work Gets Done. The Moment had developed. Guitars were bigger and more edgy (even Edge-y, in places the guitars verge on the stadium.), melodies were more powerful and even more melancholy. And Adrian's vocals were huge and powerful and emotive.
Added to this was the brass which appeared on several tracks. By this point The Moment were nearer to being a five piece as live they were regularly backed by a brass section (one of whom Steve Rinaldi has become a performer in his own right as Rinaldi Sings). And they were so powerful, strident and driving one minute, soft and tender the next. They sat next to my Jam and Dexys albums perfectly. - by simon at the songs that people singThe Moment:
Adrian Holder (guitar/vocals), Rob Moore (bass/vocals), Anthony Lambdon (drums)

trax:
01 AND WITH THIS RING 02 IN THIS TOWN 03 FLAG TO FIGHT BEHIND 04 KARL'S NEW HAIRCUT 05 GAMES WE PLAYED 06 ONE, TWO THEY FLY 07 THE TAILOR MADE 08 JUST ONCE 09 IN THE FRONT OF MEN 10 THE RACE 11 THE WORK GETS DONE
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