The Decline and Fall of Heavenly

On Friday, Heavenly released the next of their re-issues of ALL their albums! Released in 1994, "The Decline and Fall of Heavenly" was Heavenly's shortest album and packed the most punch...thanks to the riot grrrl influences found during their stint in the US.
The album starts with a bang as "Me and My Madness" shows a whole new side to the band (more writers/more instruments/more harmonizing), and it continues for 6 more tracks until finally closing with the softer tale of unexpressed love in "She and Me". There's even a frollicking instrumental thrown in the middle. "Sacramento" is what I like to call their Dick Dale moment.
This album also holds some special memories in my life. I'll always remember one of my sister's early e-mail addresses was "meandmymadness@...com". This was the album I used to introduce her to Heavenly. The wonderfully titled "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?" was featured as the opening track on one of my all-time favorite mix CDs, "An Exploration of the Human Body - From Conception to Death", which I realize I need to un-earth and share here!
Topping off the awesomeoness, they've attached the entire "Atta Girl" EP featuring some of the band's most beloved tracks including "P.U.N.K Girl" & "Hearts and Crosses". The EP is pretty much perfect and further shows the band hitting its stride to the fullest!
These two releases show the band growing in all the right ways and they only get better from there! Later in 2024, we'll see the re-issue of the band's final album "Operation Heavenly". So excited my sister and I will be seeing them AGAIN in June, this time in NY! Life is good!