Break the Chains

Description

Break the Chains is the debut album by the British rock band Split Level, independently released in the UK on Big Feet Music in 1986. The album was recorded and mixed by Andy James at Broadway Studio in Walsall, England; with Tony Cummings producing.

Split Level features Adrian Thompson on guitar and vocals, Shane Jackson on keyboards, Derek Currie on bass and vocals, and Barrie Kennedy on drums, percussion, and vocals.

If you are wondering if this is the same band that released glo.bal on Organic Records in 1997 – yes, it is. They were around for that long before being released in the U.S. In fact, glo.bal was actually their 7th album. This one is their first, and it is more new wave than the guitar alt rock that they later produced. After this tape, they released Sons of Liberty in 1987. I know that Thompson was with the group until the end, but I don’t know about the others. I do know that Curie joined Tribe of Dan for an album after this, and then went to form a band called Seven that changed names to Fono and also made a splash in States a couple of years after Split Level did. [Christian Tape Underground, April 2020]

Cassette tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Stand Firm”
A2. “Easter Rising”
A3. “Risen Lord”
A4. “Touch”
A5. “Messenger of Love”
A6. “Future Kingdom”

Side Two
B1. “Fear of Falling”
B2. “Wishing”
B3. “Tonight”
B4. “Forgiveness”
B5. “Shout the Victory”
B6. “Break the Chains”