Born from the concrete sprawl and creative resistance of early ’80s Edinburgh—a city then strapped for cash but bursting at the seams with artistic urgency—FINI TRIBE return to the fold with The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe: 1982–1987, a thunderous retrospective via Shipwrecked Industries that pulls no punches.
Previewed by the jagged pulse of “I Want More” and the wiry paranoia of “We’re Interested,” this is no dusty archive raid. It’s a full-frontal excavation of an era when the Tribe operated as a six-headed sonic organism—wild, unpredictable, and impossible to pin down. The collection hits digital and CD on October 10, with vinyl to follow on October 24 for the tactile obsessives among us.
Curated by the band themselves, this is FINI TRIBE’s first proper retrospective, and it’s packed with treasure: everything from rare BBC sessions to rehearsal room relics and full-on live assaults. It’s not just music—it’s a snapshot of a collective in motion, constantly mutating, always resisting stagnation.
Photographs, liner notes, and essays come courtesy of original member Andy McGregor, respected journalist and biographer Alastair McKay, and none other than longtime confidante Shirley Manson (yes, that Shirley—Garbage, Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie), adding intimate texture to the raw electricity captured in the music.
“This was a labour of love,” says Chris Connelly of the band. “We wanted to showcase the years where we were firing on all cylinders—chaotic, creative, and constantly evolving. These tracks represent the full spectrum of what we were about in those crucial five years.”
More than just a look back, The Sheer Action is a reminder: FINI TRIBE weren’t just ahead of their time—they were too wild to be of any time.