It's Immaterial

Originally released in 1986, 'Life's Hard and Then You Die' was the debut album from Liverpudlian indie-pop band, It's Immaterial.

Simon Braithwaite of Smash Hits wrote that 'Life's Hard and Then You Die' shows that It's Immaterial "write jolly good pop songs - In fact everything else here is just as inspired and original as their recent hit." In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of All Music wrote, "Musically, the LP is all over the place - new wave country, blues, folk, and synth pop - Somehow the smorgasbord of styles works, because the band members aren't being eclectic just for the sake of it; they simply have a wide canvas, keeping the album fresh from beginning to end."