V/a / Messthetics # 104 - Diy And Indie Post-punk From South Wales And The Z-block

Messthetics

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CD
$12.25
104
Street Date:
January 21st, 2008
Ship Date:
January 21st, 2008

Messthetics' most obscure collection to date. By the end of 1977 years of music-industry neglect (and the abrupt departure for London of the few feckless punks who'd landed record-deals) had left South Wales fertile ground for DIY. The most basic instrumentation, one-take recordings and black-and-white graphics ruled the day, so it's no surprise that not one of the records here sold more than 1,200 copies. Mindful of these feeble sales, a dozen alumni of Cardiff's Z-Block label (and various mates) gave up releasing records altogether, and busied themselves in a frenzy of increasingly-sophisticated home recording. (Here's just the tip of that iceberg.) Includes twenty-three songs on the CD plus six bonus MP3 tracks. 24-page booklet, lovingly documented with histories & photos galore, PLUS a 'reunion' appearance of the legendary Great Pop Things rock-history comic.