The Scooter Scene and Beyond
Celebrating 30 Years of Detour Records 1990-2020
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MESSTHETICS #201A) DEMOS AND SINGLES 1979-1983 TERRIFIC GIRL-VOCAL D.I.Y./ POST-PUNK FROM THE WEST COUNTRY (SOMERSET, UK). UNMANNERED VOCALS, GRINDING MINIMAL INSTRUMENTALS AND A POUND-ING/TRIBAL/ BO DIDDLEY BACKBEAT. "A SURE-FIRE FIX FOR FANS OF KLEENEX AND DELTA 5…" - J. EDWARD KEYES, MAGNET "A WITCH'S BREW OF THE VASELINES, SURF AND 60’S GARAGE… THE FUZZBOX-ESQUE HALF SWEET, HALF SWAGGERING 'IT'S HIP' AND SURFY 'THE MAN WITH THE SPIKED-TOED SHOES' COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF ROUGH TRADE'S FINEST HOURS." - ED ZED, ROCK BOTTOM AND FROM BACK IN THE DAY... "'SHELL SHOCK'…IS HYPNOTIC, DARK AND INTENSE. NEAREST COMPARISON (INTENDED AS A ROUGH GUIDE, NOT TO DEFINE/CONFINE) MIGHT BE VELVET UNDERGROUND." NME, 1980. "[THE TERRAPLANES] DESERVE TO BE HUGE" - MICK MERCER, ZIG ZAG 1981 MESSTHETICS' FIRST "SOLO" ACT RE-EMERGES WITH VASTLY-IMPROVED SOUND AND FOUR SONGS FROM A HITHERTO LOST 1979 SESSION THAT RANK WITH THEIR VERY BEST, MAKING FOR WELL OVER AN HOUR OF MUSIC. 12-PAGE BOOKLET WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES, NEW PHOTOS AND A+M EPHEMERA, PLUS A TRADITIONAL (AND EXTREMELY HANDSOME) H2D COVER WITH A REAL PHOTO.
FEATURES
1-Terraplane Fixation
2-The Suspect
3-Don't Misbehave In The New Age
4-Waiting For My Stranger
5-We Are Machines
6-Render Us Harmless
7-No Faces
8-Terminal Beach
9-Teenage Beat
10-Headphones
11-Car Crash Blues
12-Shell Shock
13-Evil Going On
14-Shop Talk
15-I Never Worry
16-It's Hip
17-The Man With The Spiked-Toed Shoes
18-You Excite Me Baby
19-Baby Scratch My Back
20-Dreaming Of Babylon
21-Treasure Of The Damned
22-Weekend
23-Just One Kiss
24-Mad Bad But Good To Know
25-Bad Lover