After the News

"After the News"
Single by The Reels
from the album Quasimodo's Dream
B-side"Media Themes"
ReleasedJuly 1980
Recorded1980 at Albert Studios
GenrePop, new wave
Length2:46
LabelMercury, Polygram
Songwriter(s)David Mason
Producer(s)The Reels
The Reels singles chronology
"According to My Heart" / "Love Will Find a Way"
(1980)
"After the News" / "Media Themes"
(1980)
"Shout and Deliver" / "Depression"
(1981)

"After the News" was a song by The Reels that was released as a single from their second album Quasimodo's Dream in July 1980. The song fared disappointingly on the charts, peaking at number 65 in Australia. The single was accompanied by a colourful video that features a puppet newsreader.[1] The B-side, "Media Themes", consisted of three short songs that were later re-used for the album. A "sequel" for "Media Themes" was released as a B-side to the band's later single "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)".[2]

Mason later said, "I got really pissed off about "After the News". People were just not accepting what we were doing. I got depressed about that."[3]

  1. ^ The Reels - "After The News" video on youtube
  2. ^ The Reels - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) on discogs
  3. ^ Robert Thomson (8 July 1983). "The Reels join the tourist trek". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2013.