figures on a beach

Figures on a Beach was a musical band formed in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1980s out of the prior band Razor 1922. Figures on a Beach played in a artistic New Romantic/techno-pop style that was thoroughly engaging and hard to pin down. The group recorded an independent EP, Swimming, in 1983, and the Don Was-produced single "Breathless" in 1984. Figures moved to Boston in 1985 and was signed by Seymour Stein of Sire Records soon after. Figures released their first full length LP in 1987, entitled Standing on Ceremony. A self-titled LP (Figures on a Beach) followed in 1989, containing a minor hit cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." The group disbanded in 1991. Figures on a Beach consisted of vocalist Anthony Kaczynski, guitarist John Rolski, keyboardist Christopher Ewen, bassist Perry Tell, and drummer Michael Smith. Christopher Ewen went on to form Future Bible Heroes, and to collaborate with Stephen Merritt and Claudia Gonson from The Magnetic Fields. Anthony Kaczynski and Michael Smith went on to form Fireking.

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