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CLOCK DVA announce the remastered reissue of Thirst, due to be released on double
thirst-red vinyl, CD and digitally on 5 June 2026. The album, which follows the remastered
release of their debut, White Souls in Black Suits, features single mixes of ‘4 Hours’ and
‘Sensorium’ alongside new remixes by the current iteration of Clock DVA.
‘4 Hours’ was the sole single at the time of the original release. One of The Face and Rockerilla’s Singles of the Year 1981, it went on to be one of NME’s
Best Indie Singles Ever and Blow Up’s 100 Songs to Remember.
Thirst – originally released in 1981– is a stone-cold post-punk classic. While still retaining
the sharp experimental edge of their debut, White Souls in Black Suits, Thirst stretches
out and offers up some cleaner and more hooky moments as it moves away from pure
improvisation. “Between White Souls and Thirst, the guitarist changed from David
Hammond to Paul Widger,” explains Newton. “David introduced the perfect guitar sound
for DVA, whereas Paul brought in a more rhythmic style more towards early Ry Cooder.
The material we were developing was a more defined series of pieces, more structured
and exact than the improvised works on White Souls.”