A new and welcome insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall. Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitive record – an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall’s wonderful and frightening world.

‘To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations, choc-stock-full of loving Acts by true Apostles, simultaneously both the scrapbook you wished you’d kept and a portal to futures & pasts, known & unknown, & a Fantastic Celebration of this Nation’s Saving Grace.’ (David Peace)

Bob Stanley is the author of Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop (Faber, 2013) and has written for the Guardian, The Times, NME and The Face.

Tessa Norton writes regularly about art, books and music for various publications including The Wire, and for exhibitions and events including Liverpool Biennial and The Tetley.

Beautifully executed in hardcover and nicely sized (dimensions: 250 × 195 × 30 mm). Published in 2021, 320 pages.