Excavate!

<p><b>THE <i>LOUDER THAN WAR</i> #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A <i>ROUGH TRADE</i>, <i>THE TIMES</i>, <i>MOJO</i>, <i>UNCUT</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>‘Thoroughly engrossing, insightful and immersive.’ <b><i>Record Collector</i></b><br><br>Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn’t want to be armed with a working knowledge of M. R. James, contemporary dance and Manchester City.<br>Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, Excavate! is a vivid, definitive record – an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall’s wonderful and frightening world.<br><br>‘As jagged and as curveball-hurling as peak-period Fall, Excavate! is a box of tricks, lovingly curated . . . tantalising’ <b><i>The i</i></b><br><br>'To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations.' <b>David Peace</b><br><br>‘Gorgeous’ <b><i>The Washington Post</i></b></p>