Sulk

I am a bit torn by this one. It feels like too much. Trying too hard to be experimental, trying too hard to explore sounds as Bowie did (but failing to be as successful, clearly), and reading how they recorded this... yeah, it's too much. If anything, it sounds utterly pretentious. But this *gesture* too much of everything also makes it interesting. It reminds me of more recent experimental pop bands, trying too many things at the same time and feeling the space with sounds; it doesn't always work, but when it does, it can be truly interesting. I'm not sure to be able to say they succeeded here, but at least they tried. And now don't tell me you don't want to pee in your guitar to ear how it changes its sound.

Say what you like about the 80's but they certainly had the best one hit wonders. Party Fears Two by the Associates was one of those, and bizarrely went on to be the theme music for Week Ending, a topical comedy programme on BBC Radio 4 that I listened to for many years. The rest of this album is best described as experimental, if the experiment is how can we sound like Sparks crossed with David Bowie playing using a cheap 80s synth and guitars filled with piss (seriously, the wikipedia article is an eye opener!). It's a bit of fun and bought back a few memories but I don't think I'd go back to it again.