Real Life

Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

Author

boombox-generation

Magazine were always a bit too prog for me to really get into them, but they had a few great tunes, and Devoto's sharp lyrics and languid presence hide a few sins in places too. The opener, Shot and The Light Pours Out Of Me alone make this a classic, but I struggle with some of the other tracks here - brave given the times, but a bit too grandiose for me.

4

Author

jason-cobb

A really interesting record, released between punk and the rise of post-punk. _Pre-post-punk?_ Art house gets a bad press when it comes to music. But Real Life shows that it needn't be up its own arse. Shot By Both Sides amplifies the fucked by left and right message throughout. No future, etc.

3