Tag: Post-Punk

  • Gene Loves Jezebel, Immigrant, 1985 on Relativity / Situation Two

    Gene Loves Jezebel, Immigrant, 1985 on Relativity / Situation Two

    Gene Loves Jezebel were twin brothers Jay Aston and Michael Aston, delivering post-punk with a goth-adjacent feel – most well known in the US for “Desire.” This was their second album, following Promise. Later they had a follow hit with “The Motion of Love” from their fourth album The House of Dolls. Relativity was a…

  • Flesh for Lulu, Long Live The New Flesh, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Capitol

    Flesh for Lulu, Long Live The New Flesh, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Capitol

    Third full-length album from Brixton London post-punks Nick Marsh, James Mitchell, Rocco Barker, Derek “Del Boy” Greening, and Kevin Mills—and their first on Beggars Banquet/Capitol. (Capitol in the US, Beggars Banquet in the UK). The lead single “I Go Crazy” was featured in the film Some Kind of Wonderful and became a minor hit. This…

  • Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans

    Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans

    Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans Secretly Society release from Jan 2021 – blue/black split vinyl Shame’s second album – wonderful post-punk, reminds me a bit of Wire or Gang of Four, both great referents