Fully authorised visual history of Cardiacs to be published

(Image credit: Cardiacs)

A brand new, fully authorised book about the life and times of cult alt.prog band Cardiacs is to be published next year.

A Big Book And A Band And Whole World Window will be published through independent publisher Melodic Virtue on January 3.

The new book has been compiled and designed by Aaron Tanner, who has previously worked with The Residents, Butthole Surfers and Ministry, and spans the group’s formative years as Cardiac Arrest to their last single, 2007's Ditzy Scene. The book, which features an intro from Napalm Death's Shane Emburey and features rare and unseen photos, artwork, and other ephemera.

A Big Book And A Band And Whole World Window also contains a vinyl 7" record of the previously unreleased track, Aukamakic/Dead Mouse, from their 1979 debut, Cardiac Arrest E.P., as well as the track previously unreleased on vinyl, Faster Than Snakes With A Ball And A Chain, which was originally intended for their 1999 album, Guns.

Pre-order A Big Book And A Band And Whole World Window.

Cardiacs — (Image credit: Melodic Virtue)

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.