The BOX gallery founder Mara McCarthy
the album is recommended for fans of Durutti Column and Thomas Leer & Robert Rental's The Bridge (1979)
they have managed something truly rare in this most dismal of decades: sonics recognizably their own
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can contribute to this celebration of possibilities with its own messy unique sound
Electric Eels – Spin Age Blasters [2LP] Drone / Minimalism The BOX gallery founder Mara"The electric eels were the first punk band, full stop. They may not have started the genre, but they were the first to tick all the boxes. The eels rejected every 1970s rock conventionprofessionalism, virtuosity, subject matter, image. Dave E.s caustic vocals, complete with an aggressive lisp and a head full of snot, would become de rigeur a few years after the group disbanded. Meanwhile, the songs focus on car crashes, suicide, neuroses, and