Back in the heady days of 1977, punk rock ruled the airwaves, and brothers Larry and Vincent Cassidy formed Section 25.
Initially only a duo, then bringing in Paul Wiggin on guitar, the band developed a sound quite unlike anything else around at that time.
In 1980, Section 25 released their first single on Tony Wilson’s Factory Records label, and the band continued to shine throughout the 1980s with one stellar release after another until in 1988, the band fell silent, and seemingly left the arena of the music world behind.
Although LTM records reissued the bands 80s albums in the proceeding decade, there was nothing heard from Section 25 apart from a batch of live shows, until 2006, when they regrouped in the studio and recorded ‘Pre-Primitive’.
Interest in the band grew, and for the bands next release, again on LTM records, and this time with Larry’s daughter Bethany Cassidy also featuring on vocals, came the album ‘Nature + Degree’.

With the band seemingly on a roll, plans for a new album and more touring were underway when the tragic news was announced that Larry Cassidy had passed away on February 27th 2010. 
Just before this sad turn of events, the band had recorded ‘Retrofit’, an album of older material re-worked into a new, dare i say more commercial sound, featuring Bethany’s angelic like voice more so than the bands previous album.
It must have been a tough call, but the band bravely decided to carry on, and the album Bethany had recorded with her father, ‘Retro-Fit’ was released, to quite frankly, ecstatic reviews.
Now, you might be thinking that a successful reworking of the bands classic material would be hard to top, well you don’t know Section 25 very well then.

The new ‘Invicta’ EP, out on Hacienda Records on the 3rd of October, is quite simply, a masterpiece in modern electro guitar pop.
The EP has two song’s, and two remixes of those songs.
‘Colour Movement, Sex and Violence’ is the stand out track by far.
Bethany’s vocals are simply breathtaking, and the whole song invokes a feeling of optimism that lifts the heart and soul.
The next brand new offering is ‘Inner Drive’, it pushes harder than the previous song, and confirms that the band have lost non of their electro edge.
One imagines this will soon become a crowd favourite.