Lives of Angels was the brainchild of Gerald O'Connell from London, England. At the end of the 1970s, O'Connell had been working on material for Mystery Plane, a band that included his wife Catherine on keyboards and backing vocals. In 1980 the pair of them left to form Lives Of Angels and focus on O'Connell's own songs, which he felt were more "oblique, atmospheric and evocative" than the narrative style and social commentary of Mystery Plane. The result sounds both of its time, comfortably nestling under the gloomy clouds of British post-punk and goth, and oddly out of time; its homemade quality placing it outside of obvious chronological signifiers as the motorik riffs and spartan drum patterns loop over and over to infinity. 'Hole In The Sky' is an 11-track compilation of material from the Lives of Angels archives. Including two tracks from the original Elevator To Eden' cassette omitted from our vinyl reissue, two tracks from Color Disc compilations and 7 previously unreleased tracks. This compilation features the very earliest Lives of Angels recordings "Call Moscow" and "Somebody Else" as well as the final composition from 1986 "The Infinite Corridor" plus original mixes of "After Dark" and "Look Out Kid" different than the versions on the Color Supplement' compilation. 'Hole In The Sky' is an impressive example of early '80s home recording; a DIY interpretation of the elegance and ambition of the previous decade's krautrock. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Each copy comes in custom made jacket designed by Eloise Leigh and includes an 11x11" double-sided insert with liner notes, lyrics and photos.