Matter Of Time (RSD 25)

LIMITED EDITION 350 COPIES

Trash release new vinyl single Matter Of Time for RSD 2025. 47 years after their last single, cult rockers Trash are back! To follow their 1978 single N-N-E-R-V-O-U-S, Trash will release a freshly recorded song Matter Of Time as a vinyl 7” on April 12th, 2025, in time for Record Store Day.

The A-side of the single is Matter Of Time (Ballad Of Trash 13.07.24), while the B-side features Matter Of Time (Tin and Tambourine version). The drive, power, and catchiness of the A-side are reminiscent of The Clash’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope era, while the more mellow B-side has a Ronnie Lane vibe. Alan Mair of The Only Ones praised the track, saying: “Great tune, vocals and lyrics, and the guitar solo is right up my street. And I like the acoustic version as well.”

Trash never achieved the success predicted by the pop pages of The Reading Chronicle, despite being signed to Polydor and being produced by the late Shel Talmy (The Who, The Kinks) and Nigel Gray (The Police, Siouxsie). Guitarist and songwriter Mick Brophy has produced a song that sends out a message of hope to aging rockers of all haircuts. Drummer Simon Butler-Smith, who had not played for the last 38 years (his kit stored at his mum’s), recorded his parts in a single take. Vocalist Simon Wright, who spent the lost decades making chocolate, is inexplicably an adviser to the government on organic food.

The single is released on 7” vinyl and as a download by Rhythm And Blues Records. Label owner Nick Duckett has been a supporter of Trash since 1978, when he reviewed their appearance at his birthday party for NME.

Trash singles didn’t sell at the time but now go for £20 a pop. The band has also featured on Soul Jazz and Cherry Red punk compilations in the last couple of years.