A MOMENT WORTH WAITING FOR by KEVIN PEARCE is the first book to be published by Your Heart Out. It has a beautiful cover designed by Per-Christian Hille. That should be enough, but to help provide some context this is a selection of quotes about the book:
“A Moment Worth Waiting For is a quietly extraordinary
book, as fond as it is forensic. It’s guided by the spirit of “discovery… neglected
dusty corners … aesthetics and romance, a passion for learning, a fascination
with how things fit together”. It explores songs, artists, imaginative ley lines,
moments of possibility that are often left out of histories. If this project
sounds personal, well, in some ways it is. A
Moment Worth Waiting For doesn’t offer big theoretical statements. But
every page is studded with insights, connections and subtle realignments of the
status quo.” - Sukhdev Sandhu, The Wire
“I would
like to suggest it to everyone who loves music and everything essential and
peripheral to its making. A mixture of world class memory recall, gleaning and
in the end, fabulous writing. Have a look...” – Stephen Pastel
“Out now
in digital format for the price of a modern day, city centre pint is A Moment Worth Waiting For. It’s a
glorious mind map of forgotten sounds and styles that continually side steps
traditional ideas of writing about music and zig zags across records, scenes
and artists honing in on and making connections you are sure to have either
missed or more likely never dreamt of.” – Subbaculture
“It’s very much the journey and work of a lifetime. The
depth of the research – and / or recall – is amazing; key to the book is the
contemporary music criticism upon which Kevin draws, so obviously influential
in terms of his developing taste. But those well-remembered moments of
discovery are merely the beginning, and it’s the lifetime of subsequent
listening and exploration which adds lightly disguised layers of retrospective
understanding to each instance of musical epiphany.” – A Jumped-Up Pantry Boy
“Generally speaking I don’t like books about music/musicians, often only
of interest to the dedicated music aficionado or fan but of no general appeal,
however I have to make an exception for Kevin Pearce’s A Moment Worth Waiting For and I am frankly in awe at the breadth
and depth of Mr Pearce’s research. Right from the start Mr Pearce offers up a
veritable feast to the reader, leading us down one musical pathway after
another, many ending up in totally unexpected territory, but fear not, this is
the author’s story and he is the guiding light throughout the book, joining the
dots to give us a pretty extensive musical and cultural overview of the times.
Quotes from a number of sources are ingeniously inserted in to the narrative,
always apposite, in context, always credited and some very funny. You’ll have to delve in yourselves to find out
what is in there for you and there is sure to be something that will pique the
interest, illuminate and enlighten you.” - Gertie Grocott, www.vicgodard.co.uk
“Prompted
by Vic's mention, talk moves on to Kevin Pearce, the brilliant and prolific
writer, researcher and cataloguer behind a slew of fiercely passionate zines,
books, and blogs including Hungry Beat,
Something Beginning With O and Your Heart Out. Pearce's work is marked
out by both its eloquence and its depth of research”. – Helen King, The Quietus
You can also read what people are saying about the book on Goodreads. You might even want to have your say there or elsewhere.
The book is available in digital format through Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com or your local equivalent.
