Holy shit, excellent reissue of this little know British post-punk band. Clangy, angular guitars, a discoish rhythm section, ghostly keyboards and a pretty dark feeling overall. As wire magazine puts it, these guys sound like “a certain ratio with tunes”. Sounds a bit industrial at times too, while their love of krautrock and dub is also pretty apparent. Highly recommended! Play with A Certain Ratio, Joy Division, The Sound, Durutti Column and be sure to check their other reissue (Memory Span) that was on the a-file recently.

Picks: 1,2,5,7,10,13 *** No FCCs detected ***

*1. wow! dark, atmospheric, krautrocky, industrial
*2. certain ratio style, dark disco
3. midtempo, funky
4. a post punk ballad? nice though
*5. faster, more experimental, weird humming voice
6. crazier than 5, kind of dissonant.
*7. more upbeat, danceable
8. dark, sinister, ominous...
9. spooky, bauhaus-like
*10. wow, crazy horns... very menacing and slow, like a horror film soundtrack
11. more upbeat, disco-punk, like Josef K
12. slow, mellow, almost poppy
*13. pulsing rhythm alternated with disco-punk
14. slower, dreamier, distant melody
*15. very atmospheric, darkly warm melody
16. weird, insect sounding, experimental