You get a sense of the relationship that's going on as being overwhelmed by something on a grander level. There are lots of references, like in the last verse of 'Airwaves': "No, it was nothing/Some car backfiring". I think that's a pervading feeling through all the songs. A lot of them are very much about the extra weight that's added to emotional feeling in the context of wartime. So there's a sense of 'after the apocalypse' or impending war. The songs are sort of about relationships in the face of something happening on a world level. In a September 2009 interview with Drowned in Sound, following the release of the "Collector's Edition" of the album, Dolby reflected on his overall theme and approach to the songs: Three more of Dolby's songs appeared in late 1981 and early 1982: " Europa and the Pirate Twins" came out on 15 September 1981 as another independent Dolby single "Airwaves" was issued on 30 January 1982 and "Radio Silence" was released on 25 March, accompanied by the announcement of the upcoming album. Dolby played live shows in London, including dates at the Heaven and the Albany Empire in April 1982. The Fallout Club disbanded toward the end of 1981. He was inspired to make the recording after hearing Mitchell's 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
In August, Dolby released a cover of the Joni Mitchell song "The Jungle Line" as a single under the artist name Low Noise, his own project on Happy Birthday Records. The Fallout Club was signed to Happy Birthday Records. In May 1981, Dolby produced the single "Dream Soldiers" by the Fallout Club, a band for which Dolby sang and played synthesizers. He wrote the song " New Toy" for Lene Lovich, about his new Fairlight CMI synthesizer. While working on Golden Age of Wireless, Dolby was involved in several side projects. Dolby also toured with Foreigner sporadically in late 19, to promote 4 in concert. The monies earned from his session work for Foreigner allowed him to finance The Golden Age of Wireless, and the 4 album credit brought him greater notice. Dolby's synthesizer work gave the album a polished sheen, especially his Brian Eno–like ambient synth intro to " Waiting for a Girl Like You". Producer Mutt Lange requested him on the strength of a demo tape Dolby had given to Zomba Publishing, a firm with Lange serving as a partner. A Futurist Rundgren perhaps?" None of these songs were announced as singles for an upcoming album, but they later appeared on some editions of Golden Age of Wireless.ĭuring April–May 1981, Dolby stayed in New York to join the album project 4 by Foreigner.
Sounds magazine reviewed "Urges" positively, calling Dolby a "new romantic. Under the imprint of London-based Armageddon Records, the single was co-produced by Andy Partridge of XTC, who also played percussion on the track. In response to friends urging him to put out a single, Dolby released his first 45 rpm 7-inch single, "Urges" backed with "Leipzig", on 18 February 1981. Preceding the album, Dolby allowed a demo of "Airwaves" to be included on a collection titled From Brussels with Love, published in December 1980 by Belgian label Les Disques Du Crépuscule. Originally released in May 1982, the album was reissued in a number of different configurations, with later resequencings including the pop hit " She Blinded Me with Science". The Golden Age of Wireless is the debut album by English musician Thomas Dolby.
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