Finally some fine bootlegger showed mercy on me by giving me the chance to listen to this album without having to pay more than 300 bucks. Whoever you are: thank you!
This compilation was released originally in 1982 on City Rocker Records, home to lots of greats like Benitokage, Lizard, Phaidia, Madame Edwarda, Sex Android et al. The mix of bands on this LP is pretty interesting, with Gauze’s early japanese hardcore as the odd one out among the post punk/goth/no wave of Isolation, Radical and Nursery Rhyme. All 4 bands have roughly the same playing time on this record, but Gauze fit ten songs into their 12 minutes, Isolation and radical three songs each, and Nursery Rhyme only two! The whole record is great shit: there’s Gauze’s tight, clean and super simple hardcore, Isolation’s melodic and almost dreamy post punk, Radical’s atonal and abrasive no wave, and Nursery Rhyme’s quiet and almost meditative gothic rock. Too bad only Gauze went on to record and release more music, I would have loved to hear more of the other bands, too!
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