My god this band are the missing link between: Crass, Dead Kennedys, The Residents, Faust, Apatt, Zappa, Idiot Flesh, System Of A Down, Mr Bungle & Mike Patton spin offs in general.. With a really edge of Syd Barrett thrown in for good measure! Everything I hear by this band probably sounds as fresh as the day it was commited to tape. The opening to Bellyeye sounds like a funky slinky Hendrix out take but then comes in with a surging disjointed verse that would of been worthy of Pavement! The infulence of this band on contempory music cannot be over looked, I even hear supergrass fisting Smashing Pumpkins in this!
In short this album is an absolute masterpiece I don't want to repeat the previous comments which are note worthy. My fave Cardiacs has to be the early EPs "Too Many Irons In The Fire", "big Ship" & the trully amazing "Seaside Treats!!".. The last one purely because end to end it is a seamless, over looked mini epic that puts prog to shame..
Utter genius!!
An album that never fails to raise a smile and turn a frown upside down.. Acid psych prog punk brilliance!!
Considered by many to be the ultimate...along with A Little Man And A House.
ReplyDeleteAn outstanding album.
Life changing tunes like Eat Up Worms Hero, Dog-Like Sparky, Fiery Gun Hand...ah fuck it!
All of it! Both parts are amazing.
Beautiful, psychedelic pop music!
songs like Fairy Mary Mag, Foundling, Dirty Boy, Wireless, change your life and outlook. Really.
Not my fave Cardiacs records, but both parts are for sure masterpieces!
Take it all in!
Is this really only the second comment on the best record ever made?!
ReplyDeleteWell, On Land and Guns rock too.
I'm getting more and more into Heaven Born though. There is something special about it.
My god this band are the missing link between: Crass, Dead Kennedys, The Residents, Faust, Apatt, Zappa, Idiot Flesh, System Of A Down, Mr Bungle & Mike Patton spin offs in general.. With a really edge of Syd Barrett thrown in for good measure! Everything I hear by this band probably sounds as fresh as the day it was commited to tape. The opening to Bellyeye sounds like a funky slinky Hendrix out take but then comes in with a surging disjointed verse that would of been worthy of Pavement! The infulence of this band on contempory music cannot be over looked, I even hear supergrass fisting Smashing Pumpkins in this!
ReplyDeleteIn short this album is an absolute masterpiece I don't want to repeat the previous comments which are note worthy. My fave Cardiacs has to be the early EPs "Too Many Irons In The Fire", "big Ship" & the trully amazing "Seaside Treats!!".. The last one purely because end to end it is a seamless, over looked mini epic that puts prog to shame..
Utter genius!!
An album that never fails to raise a smile and turn a frown upside down.. Acid psych prog punk brilliance!!