A TELEGRAPH & ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTHLRB BOOK OF THE WEEKCAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTHRoss Raymond & Johnny Mc Laughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s
- the glory years
- when anything & everything seemed possible Looking back on that time
- the people the bands the underground legends
- they piece together a story which has at its core Memorial Device the greatest band you've never heard of Featuring a cast of misfits artists drop-outs small-town visionaries & musicians This Is Memorial Device is a dark witty novel depicting a moment where art & the demands it makes are as serious as life itself