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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom
We used to have an Our Pirce in Croydon that sold records by Swans, Psychic TV, Loop etc amongst all the crap. Well, Psychic TV sucked, but at least it wasn't 80's chart fodder. These days, I really don't buy much from records shops at all, preferring to use either distros or E-bay.
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Not particularly fair to say "Psychic TV sucked" as they are so different from record to record and phase to phase that such generalities can't possibly stick. Of course the opposite extreme is somewhat true to - you can't say "Psychic TV ruled" either because they attached their name to some not so memorable acid house one offs, but that was
after the '80s.
Dreams Less Sweet, however, is a fucking brilliant piece of avant pop-culture folk that honestly stands among some of the best records ever made in my opinion. From the '60sish folk rock of "White Nights" to the scratching noises from a coffin that record really is an accomplishment that measures up to Genesis' best moments with TG. On another extreme "
At the Berlin Wall" is a great live set of brutal rock satire that mocks (and at the same time pays tribute to) everyone from The Velvet Underground to De La Soul.