This is a real strange artifact from
the late 70s. A bizzare mixture of new wave, punk and psychedelic stuff. The band was formed in Sydney, Australia in
1976. The band was a five piece with
male and female vocals. This record was released in 1979. State is an uptempo new wave track. A Secret
West is a synth driven slower track with dual vocals. These first two tracks
were released on a now rare 7” back in 1978. The next 9 tracks make up the
Slights Still Record and it starts off with Voices of a Drama. This features some intense vocals from Rae.
She also takes the lead on the manic, frantic and freaked out A Welcome
Mystery. Reminds me a lot of Sparks. Pere Ubu also comes to mind. Red Lock on
See Steal features a quite annoying synth note that is repeated over and over
as the beat hammers you with the 1-2-1-2 beat that starts the piece off. Anyone
heard of Faust? Imprint brings back some energy to the record but is also quite
strange especially the keyboard lines that give it this totally freaky nature. Many
Risk is a fast paced one and more guitar oriented but also quite frantic and on
the edge and then just strange. Is New Is reminds me of the Plasmatics without
the heavy metal guitar but with a keyboard line. 4 Hours is a sort of mood
piece but also punky. P is a bit slower with some CAN like vocal lines. F1
is a very strange track Faust meets Henry Cow!
Winchsoul brings back a bit of
noisy rock with intense vocals. There are also two more bonus tracks. A very intriguing
and strange but cool album Wow.
For
the digital download you get three totally unreleased live tracks.
The
CD and LP versions are quite different including a different track order.
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