THE ASTRONAUTS - Peter Pan Hits the Suburbs LP
Reissue of this long lost masterpice from 1981 originally released by Bulge / Genius records. The Astronauts were (and are, after close to 30 years and a history of lineup shifts only bested by The Fall) the definitive psych-punk ensemble, though even that title doesn't do 'em justice. Their sound culminates the post '77 punk dabblings of head forbears Twink (his 'Do it 77' single and The Rings' 'I wanna be free' platter), Nik Turner (the outstanding Inner City Unit and the 'punkier' late 70's bits of Hawkwind plays on this seminal album) and Daevid Allen's planet Gong with fellow acid-punkers Here and Now all woven in with an earlier Robert Wyatt / mellow candle-y psych folk vibe... While not sounding like any of those things at all. Get it? The album's range is gigantic: from dissonant punk a la Fall ('Everything stops for baby'), to epic progressive folk ('Protest song', 'Baby sings folk songs'), ditties ('Sod us'), hard-rock ('The Traveller'), pop ('How green was my valley'), garage / surf ('Still Talking'), industrial ('How long is a piece of string'), and set to arrangements that employ synths, flute, saxophone, and strays into progressive or even free-form / psychedelic sections. The icing on the cake is the mature statement of the lyrics, a cynical and bitter exploration of the lives of simple men, miles away from the generic horror / punk overtones that permeated most of alternative albums at the time. As a bonus from the original press this reissue includes a lyric sheet.
LA VIDA ES UN MUS | HACKNEY | LONDON
£8 PLUS POSTAGE
400 COPIES ON BLACK VINYL
100 COPIES ON GREEN VINYL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKxY8ufY7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8aLL_Po2Ro
Reissue of this long lost masterpice from 1981 originally released by Bulge / Genius records. The Astronauts were (and are, after close to 30 years and a history of lineup shifts only bested by The Fall) the definitive psych-punk ensemble, though even that title doesn't do 'em justice. Their sound culminates the post '77 punk dabblings of head forbears Twink (his 'Do it 77' single and The Rings' 'I wanna be free' platter), Nik Turner (the outstanding Inner City Unit and the 'punkier' late 70's bits of Hawkwind plays on this seminal album) and Daevid Allen's planet Gong with fellow acid-punkers Here and Now all woven in with an earlier Robert Wyatt / mellow candle-y psych folk vibe... While not sounding like any of those things at all. Get it? The album's range is gigantic: from dissonant punk a la Fall ('Everything stops for baby'), to epic progressive folk ('Protest song', 'Baby sings folk songs'), ditties ('Sod us'), hard-rock ('The Traveller'), pop ('How green was my valley'), garage / surf ('Still Talking'), industrial ('How long is a piece of string'), and set to arrangements that employ synths, flute, saxophone, and strays into progressive or even free-form / psychedelic sections. The icing on the cake is the mature statement of the lyrics, a cynical and bitter exploration of the lives of simple men, miles away from the generic horror / punk overtones that permeated most of alternative albums at the time. As a bonus from the original press this reissue includes a lyric sheet.
LA VIDA ES UN MUS | HACKNEY | LONDON
£8 PLUS POSTAGE
400 COPIES ON BLACK VINYL
100 COPIES ON GREEN VINYL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKxY8ufY7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8aLL_Po2Ro
3 comments:
I was wondering how long it would take you to notice that :)
It will be interesting to see how quickly they sell out and start selling for silly money on that there Ebay thing.
There.
You've said it.
Perfect.
Please excuse, and delete (I won't be offended) if necessary my intoxicated comments.
Boom Shankaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! roy
Roy,i love ya intoxicated comments maan, got my copy of this last week. paco has done a lovely job. nice to hear it on vinyl finally.
big hugs. xx
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