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Tuesday 12 December 2017

The Visitation


Pic from the same source as yesterday's German techno image (a German edition of Elle I think, mid 90s Deutsche fashion shoot).

Music from Steve Mason and Martin Duffy who as Alien Stadium have gone and released an end of year beauty, a four track mini-album called Livin' In Elizabethan Times. Mason has had fun with the lyrics- on The Visitation imagining a conversation between the human occupants of planet Earth and some alien invaders. The visitors have had a look at us and decided we aren't much cop.

'Your leaders are arseholes
Your science is crap
And just for the record
Your planet is flat
We hate your religions
Your food is too weak
Your language confusing
You're far from unique
DIE DIE DIE DIE'



The entire e.p. is a blast from start to finish, engaging and inventive- guitars and synths, driving drums and rhythms, Steve's familiar doleful voice, the sound of two men having fun. My only complaint is the cost of the vinyl- fifteen quid, which for 4 songs is pretty expensive.

3 comments:

drew said...

Ridiculous fucking price. Somebody needs to sort it the fuck out.

JC said...

I only first heard this the other day when I finally got round to again reading blogs. Went off to buy the EP today and was stunned at how expensive it is.

It's going to be digital copies for me...I'm fed up being asked for stupid money for vinyl, new and second-hand.

Anonymous said...

oh common, support the artists ye knts