Labels. We all scream: "Fuck Labels" yet then we join in & slap one on everything, just so we can more readily communicate with other label hater/users. Musickal genres are some of the most heavily spat upon labels, but we all use them on occasion to help explain or codify a band's sound.
Post-punk. Shit, it sprang up by 1978 & remember, punk just got going strong in '77. So post???punk?
The post-punk bands infused their songs with punk's vitriolic punch but weren't afraid to inject a bit of pop theatricality (& an occasional off-hand synthesizer). The songs were often angry but with a more melodic slant than punk. You might actually find yourself humming the tune after hearing it.
If we're dropping labels & genres here, it's my opinion that you're not going to find a band that exemplifies post-punk more than Magazine They managed to successfully merged pop's rhythmic elasticity to punk's churning belligerence.
I've divided up a massive number of cuts from a short-lived band. CD 1 is album tracks & CD 2 is Live cuts, Demos, & more. Grab a Magazine & relax, if you can, ha...ha..ha...
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CD 1 - Album tracks
Definitive Gaze
Shot by Both Sides
Cut-Out Shapes
Rhythm of Cruelty
The Burden of a Song
A Song from Under the Floorboards
Permafrost
The Light Pours Out of Me
Parade
Model worker
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Feed the Enemy
Sweetheart Contract
Hello Mister Curtis (with Apologies)
I Want to Burn Again
Of Course Howard
CD 2 - Live cuts, demos, & more
Definitive Gaze (Peel Sessions)
Shot by Both Sides (Real Life demo)
Touch & Go (Real Life demo)
The Light Pours Out of Me (Real Life demo)
Permafrost (live bootleg)
A Song from Under the Floorboards (live)
Parade (live bootleg)
Because You’re Frightened (live)
Thinking Flame (The Garden alternative mix)
Model Worker (live)
Boredom (Peel Sessions)
Permafrost (Peel Sessions)
The Light Pours Out of Me (Peel Sessions)
Touch & Go (Peel Sessions)
Shot by Both Sides (live)
Definitive Gaze (live bootleg)
Enjoy,
NØ