“Post-punk” Reviews

The incredible thing about Antarctica is that the musical formula, which could be so ‘80s, steers clear of the silly clichés it could easily fall into.

There’s a rawness and unsteadiness to Bloc Party’s sound which is both their saving grace and greatest shortcoming.

This compilation captures the panic and urgency in Gang of Four’s stripped down, funked up post-punk.

Part of me is thrilled to hear an album this brilliantly bitter.

Overall, the EP feels like a transitional work to span the gap until a release that really displays the band’s talents.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who wrote such doomed poetry in study hall, and it warms my heart to finally hear it put to such exquisite music.

Clocking in at just under 15 minutes, the efficiency and immediacy of Moving Units is undeniable.

Perfect and stunning.

Despite much of the album’s rather gloomy sound, there’s nothing overwrought or melodramatic about it

!!! may just be the world’s first post-punk funk group.

Scientific’s self-titled debut possesses a sense of nostalgic fun that sounds retro without being kitschy.

At times, it wonders into brief avant-garde experimentation, but even that is well done, building up tense atmospheres.

The recording and the performances are flawless, perhaps TOO flawless.

If you come to this album looking for another quick new wave fix, you might be a little disappointed.

The Elevator Division’s music is rife with atmosphere, but it’s tempered by the edge the band brings to their songwriting.