Altered Images Mascara Streakz LP

After a thirty-eight-year hiatus, the rejuvenated band have just completed the first Altered Images music since the album Bite was released in 1983. It's an upbeat and contemporary-sounding album, which sounds like a natural progression of the Altered Images journey and sound, all topped with the instantly recognizable vocals of Clare Grogan. The album is produced by former Altered Images band member and acclaimed producer Stephen Lironi and features 12 songs that Clare Grogan has co-written with Stephen, Bernard Butler and Bobby Bluebell.

Speaking on the album title track, Clare Grogan says, "My homage to all the crazy nights out that I've had. I think it's a metaphor for life! The fun, the dancing, the drama, the tears, the tequila shots, the lust! Inspired by so many artists I've danced to around the world from Kraftwerk to the Tom Tom Club. A DJ saved my life many times. Enjoy!"

The celebrated Scottish band fronted by singer Clare Grogan started life as a post-punk band, winning Best New Group at the NME Awards before becoming one of the most recognizable pop cover stars of the 1980s with six UK top 40 hits between the years of 1981-1983, including the massive Top 10 singles "Happy Birthday" (#2), "I Could Be Happy" (#7) and "Don't Talk to Me About Love" (#7), all lifted from their three Top 20/Top 30 albums released in the same time frame (two selling Silver).

At the same time as finding fame with Altered Images, Clare also appeared in the 1981 BAFTA-winning film Gregory's Girl. She has also had roles in dozens of TV and radio dramas, including some of the UK's best-loved TV shows: Skins - which she also wrote songs for which were used in the series, Waterloo Road, Eastenders, Doctors, Red Dwarf, Father Ted, Taggart, Sea of Souls, and Forgiven. Her film credits include not just Gregory's Girl, but also Comfort and Joy, Jilting Jo, Wedding Belles, Smallest Game in Town, Loyal, Emo, The Penalty King, BAFTA-winning drama The Wee Man, Delirium and, most recently, My Old School, with Clare voicing an animated character alongside Alan Cumming.

Clare has presented film, travel and music shows for TV and radio including the BBC's The One Show, STV's Scotland's Real Heroes, ITV's Dream Ticket, VH1 and Vintage TV. She has presented for 6MUSIC and BBC Radio Scotland, as well as for Absolute 80's. Her Radio 4 comedy and dramas include Romance and Adventure alongside Josie Long, Rumbunch with Mel Giedroyc and the serialization of Modesty Blaise. As an author, her debut novel, Tallulah and the Teenstars, reached No 2 in the Waterstone's Children's Book Chart.