The Italian Flag

How is this not known...It was amazing.

This surprised me. With a name like that, I was bracing for some kind of abrasive punk, and instead it was a really cool art rock kind of sound. Making some really cool moves in the production, definitely going to be spinning this one up again.

Never heard of these guys before and as soon as the vocals hit I knew I was going to love this. Thank you to the submitter I’m going to play this a lot this year.

Not what I was expecting from a band named Prolapse, but I’ll definitely take an hour of hazy post-punk. This LP kept me on my toes and seemed to contort itself into a multitude of different styles and shapes. I can see people having an issue with the runtime, and the vocals weren’t always stellar, but this one felt unique and stood out compared to most additions on the user list.

I had my doubts with a band named Prolapse, but I really liked this. Intense and driving, but still melodic and catchy. Very nice. 4 stars.

They were just naming their bands fucking anything in the 90s man. This is great, I like it. Very unique post-punk sound, kind of like Sonic Youth x Stereolab, featuring the most Scottish man to ever exist. Long as hell, but stays interesting and varied throughout. That final 10-minute song was hypnotizingly great. Strong 4/5.

I thought this was pretty stellar actually. Shades of Stereolab, GBV, but very much of its own sound. Offputting name tho.

The Italian Flag is an indie rock album by Prolapse. I didn't know what prolapse meant and now I won't forget. Strange name for a band creating this kind of music. The music is also something different, a sort of mix of Sonic Youth post-punk with The B-52s dynamic vocals. As with The B-52s these vocals are not always that strong, but that attributes to its charm. The music is solid, uplifting and quite catchy.

Cool sound and atypical structures. Quite liked it

I see a lot of what trendy bands are doing currently in here. Good record

Maybe there’s a prolapse in my ears because it took several songs for me to realize what language this was in. Then when I found out it was in English, I immediately made an appointment with an ENT specialist. 4.1/10

Actually my kinda thing

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Cacophony no A, Autocade, Visa for violent and van

Kind of music I probably would have loved at the time. Takes a lot more from bands the other side of the pond at this time (Slint, Sonic Youth) than their Britpop brethren, while also sounding a bit like Mogwai or Arab Strap. Desolate and dispondent in the best possible ways.

There's a lot of this I really like. Punky, new wavey, bagpipes! I wish it was a tighter 40 minutes and then it'd be a 4 for me

It has some great parts, but overall it's too repetitive for me.

Interesting band strongly reminiscent of Stereolab albeit with the “punk” knob turned up a bit. Quite nice!

What a terrible name for a band. Yuck. Music was fine, though, but I can't believe their label let them keep that name.

Rock: Art Rock, Indie Rock. Bonito, pero no me encanta.

This was a lot more fun than the horrible, AWFUL band name belies. Kind of a mix of folk and punk at times.

Not bad

Unfamiliar with this, but a super solid post punk indie record from the 90s. About what you would hope for something like that.

Interesting combination of punk and slower melody.

Terrible name, terrible artwork. Given that, the music itself was more interesting than I expected. Lots of influences thrown in there, making it sound interesting, rather than confused, as they somehow all pull together. An edited single album would have been better, but given the length of the tracks, spreading out a little makes some kind of sense. Not bad.

post punk, indie rock. Me disgusta. Un 2.

Too long. We have enough bland British garbage from the 90s. My personal rating: 2/5 My rating relative to the list: 2/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

post punk, indie rock. Me disgusta. Un 2.

I'm noticing a definite trend of shared albums I'm not enjoying that much being offered by people who haven't actually listened to very many albums themselves.

It's 'alright' I guess.

2.5

I thought the band name sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it. A little online digging and oh - it’s them, that lot from Leicester. I was on the fringes of this scene when I rocked up in the City of Death late ‘93. I must have seen Prolapse at The Charlotte, and probably heard some of the singles. But they didn’t leave a mark on me, thirty odd years later. I have no memory of this music. The Italian Flag was unfamiliar. It filled a gap on a working morning. But I have no interest in returning to this scene, let alone the City of Death.

I didn't get much from The Italian Flag even though deep down somewhere I think I've listened to Prolapse before. As memorable now as it was then, if I was right, 2/5.

I don’t like the name. The music I didn’t care for.