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ARTIST
PERRY, MARK
TITLE
Snappy Turns
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
LANTERN REC.
CATALOG #
LANR 001LP
LANR 001LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/1/2021
2024 restock, last copies, reduced pricing... Clear 180 gram vinyl. Debut solo album for
Alternative TV
front man and long-time running UK punk scenester, originally released in 1980 on Deptford Fun City Records.
Mark Perry
was also the man behind the iconic Sniffin' Glue zine, founded in July 1976. The album was produced by
Grant Showbiz
, principally known for his work with
The Fall
,
The Smiths
and
Billy Bragg
, and it is literally an art-rock nugget. Sort of an autobiographical work, the record is full of twisted hooks, showing the dark side of post-punk. Less hysterical than the output released with Alternative TV,
Snappy Turns
should be considered as a post-apocalyptic pop record. It could have been easily included in the infamous
Nurse With Wound
list (guess what, his former band was there) introducing several connections to the so-called "grey area". In particular, the disturbing tape loops and the violin heard in "Death Looks Down" are perversely informed by late
Throbbing Gristle
, a band seriously informed by the same aesthetics (Alternative TV used to rehearse in TG studio in Hackney back in the days, while former ATV member
Alex Fergusson
founded
Psychic TV
with
Genesis P-Orridge
). As the shadow of doubt surrounds the nearby future,
Snappy Turns
could be easily an appropriate soundtrack. Contains two bonus tracks from the 1980s 7"
Whole World's Down On Me
.
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