VARIOUS ARTISTS - "The Buntingford Long Playing Record" LP from the spiritual quality of

from the spiritual quality of the stunning “Hard Life” to the synthy gospel of “Eternal Life

particularly the locked-in rhythms of the first two Neu

even if you don’t

A beautiful advancement of LEAD’s sound and vision

"The Quarter" lands halfway between the democratically primitive who's-next/step-to-the-mic approach of their Midwest MaddN*iggaz entourage record (released earlier that same year) and the more dialed-in production style (sung choruses

VARIOUS ARTISTS - "The Buntingford Long Playing Record" LP from the spiritual quality ofVarious Artists The Buntingford Long Playing Record LP (Zaius, 2022) "At the dawn of the 80's, The United Kingdom was awash with regional compilations documenting the burgeoning local punk, postpunk, DIY movements that were swelling across Blighty. Spurred on by Rough Trade's seminal, Wanna Buy A Bridge?, the idea soon became quicksilver. From Portsmouth ('South Specific'), to Richmond ('The Snoopies Album') to Cardiff ('8 from '80), no local scene