Chelsea - Mission impossible (2017)

Legendary punk rockers from the first wave of British punk, Chelsea are back with and new album containing fifteen energy packed tracks. The title track opens the album and Mission Impossible is an approachable punk rock track with power and melody sounding fresh and contemporary. Over the past couple of years we have seen new releases from Anti-Pasti, Chron Gen and The Ruts DC – and all have shown bands that have grown and are not content to retread old ground. Chelseachannel Cock Sparrer with a cockney infused vocal and terrace-chant chorus with I Can’t Take This – great track that shows the band at the top of their game with a 2017 sound rooted in fertile punk rock soil.

Control drives along at pace reminding me a little of the previously mentioned Ruts D.C. with a message of “You never take control of me” resonating deeply in todays world. Chelsea have produced an album full of hooks and melody with songs like Fashion and I Don’t Know, I Don’t Care promising to be live favorites with their ‘punch the air’ choruses and mosh-pit inducing rhythms.

Jackie’s Got A Gun continues to hammer out the hooks with a Sham 69 approach whilst Suit In The Spotlight delivers a reggae rhythm mixed in with a punk rocker of a chorus. Chelsea have clearly hit a productive songwriting streak and the fifteen songs keep on coming at you with right hooks and left hooks a plenty as they do on Let Me Go and the straightforward punk rocker of You’re No Fun.

The band showcase some nifty acoustic guitar work on the anthem like Sands Of Time that will have many an old punker shedding a tear in their beer! With Something In The Air, Chelsea channel The Clash with some reggae infused verses and swaggering punk rock choruses.

The penultimate track, Sun Stop Shining, is an upbeat song with full band backing vocals adding to the terrace feel. The album concludes with Make It Happen where the band bring it all together – the power chords, driving bass, pounding drums and melodic cockney permeated vocals – it makes for a great package – Chelsea are back and they ain’t going through the motions!

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The Prats ‎– Now That's What I Call Prats Music + Peel Sessions'79 (2005 compilation)

What can one add to the legend of the Prats? A flame that burnt so brightly,so briefly,for a few months between 1979 and 80,only to be destroyed by the adolescent urge to be 'sophisticated'. It's for this reason one has disgarded the A-side of the 'General Davis' single, with its horrible 'political' awareness,and cheesy moral theme.....yuk! Children shouldn't be corrupted with such shit, gimmie 'Lord of the Flies' over the young conservatives conference any day of the week.
All the hits are here, from 'Inverness' to 'Disco Pope' to that dodgy german one.It's always good to see an unhealthy obsession with german's too,they even had an unrecorded song in their live set called 'Nazi Aircraft'......Dr.Spock (the child psychologist not the Vulcan Science Officer from Star Trek,he was called Mister Spock) would be spinning in his grave.
The mythical Peel Session is included in the download, during which the late Mr Ravenscroft commented,rather prophetically; "If they are this good now,just think how good they're gonna be when they are as old as Siouxsie and the Banshees? The chances are,as often happens,they won't be as good as they are now.But,time will tell."

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Flesh For Lulu - Flesh For Lulu [1984]

Nick Marsh (vocals and guitar) and James Mitchell (drums) formed the band and soon recruited Rocco (originally from Wasted Youth, guitar and vocals), and Glen Bishop (bass), taking their name from an American cult movie. After a well received John Peelsession, they signed to Polydor Records in 1983, and soon thereafter, bassist Glen Bishop left to join Under Two Flags, and was replaced by Kevin Mills (formerly of Specimen).

Their first EP, "Roman Candle" did well, but the label dropped them a year later after their eponymous first album failed to find any commercial success.

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Flesh For Lulu - Roman Candle EP [1983]

Flesh for Lulu was a rock band formed in Brixton, London active between 1982 and 1992. They reformed from 2013 to 2015 with a new lineup. Their music was a mix of the New York Dolls and the Rolling Stones, with gothic rock's gloomy atmosphere and aesthetics, while also encompassing shades of punk, pop, country and western, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, rockabilly and garage. Their debut record.

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Charged GBH - Leather, Bristles, Studs And Acne

2014 reissue of classic punk album

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Volcano Suns - The Bright Orange Years (1985)

By the time Boston’s Mission of Burma split in 1983, the postpunk pioneer had only a modest discography to its credit but had already made an enormous contribution to an ambitious new strain of American rock combining a DIY ethos with more tuneful and cognitive arrangements. Though he sang a fraction of Burma’s catalog, drummer Peter Prescott surprised many fans when he emerged as the only Burma member to continue in a similar vein, starting with Volcano Suns.

Following Merge Records’ anthologizing of fellow Bostonites Big Dipper last March, a Volcano Suns retrospective seems appropriate enough. The trio’s first two LPs, The Bright Orange Years and All-Night Lotus Party—originally released in ’85 and ’86, respectively, on Homestead Records—capture the band at its peak. Together, they’re an indicative slab of 1980s guitar-driven college rock that could inconspicuously slip onto a playlist between Hüsker Dü’s New Day Rising and R.E.M.’s Murmur.

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Westdeutsche Christen - Westdeutsche Christen (1982)

Second release of Berlin's Joy Division influenced Westdeutsche Christen. Their first one is a 12" 'Lass Mich Nicht Allein' released by the band themselves in 1980. Has some minimalist punkwave tracks on it but sounds quite unfinished. This album is way better in my opinion.
This album was released in 1982 on Good Noise, a label some people will know from some of the Leningrad Sandwich records.

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Crisis - Hymns Of Faith (2010 Reissue)

Crisis started out in late 70s UK with the rise of the punk movement. They were at the forefront of the political take on punk. Their songs were about the state of the country, the government and anti-Nazism. They released three 7" singles and a mini-LP. They split in 1980.
Originally released in 1980 on Ardkor Records.

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Blitz - The Other Side Of... (2017)

As the title suggests these are Blitz recording after the band split in two.

Side A:
“New Age” 12 inch 1983
01 - New Age
02 - Fatigue
03 - Bleed (Remix)
“Solar” 7 inch 1983
04 - Solar
05 - Husk
“Telecommunication” 7 inch 1983
06 - Telecommunication
07 - Teletron
“Second Empire Justice” Lp 1983
08 - Into The Daylight

Side B:
“Rose Of Victory - Suffragette City” 7 inch 1983
09 - Suffragette City
10 - Overdrive
“The Killing Dream” Lp 1990
11 - Final Hour
12 - The Killing Dream
13 - All You Want
14 - Those Days
15 - Don't Care
16 - Walkaway

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A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard And The Ballroom (2017)

Reissue the debut studio album by English band A Certain Ratio, released in February 1980 by record label Factory.

Side A of the album, The Graveyard, was recorded at Graveyard Studios in September 1979, while the other side, The Ballroom, was recorded live at the Electric Ballroom in October.

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METAL URBAIN - Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux 1981

Fine Synthpunk now by this band which were formed 1976 in Paris.

"Short-lived, but very influentious band of the late seventies, one of the first bands to combine the drum machine with electric guitars and synthesizers, one of the few French bands to record with John Peel and the first to release a single on Rough Trade. Metal Urbain had focused their efforts on singles, and only produced one album, Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux, during their first period of activity. However, several compilation records were released, gathering their singles with additional material such as BBC sessions and live recordings. The band reunited in 2003 to tour in the USA, and had since toured consistently in France and the rest of Europe. Metal Urbain recorded in 2006 their first studio album, "J'irai Chier Dans Ton Vomi", produced by Jello Biafra in San Francisco; a follow up mini-album, Creve Salope, was issued in 2008."

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F-Word - Like It Or Not (Live 1978)

F-WORD were the first Los Angeles punk rock band to release an album. Their 3 tracks 1978 debut 7'' Ep on Posh Boy (including Darby Crash's 'Shutdown' cover) was also their only record, as the group disbanded when Dutch Schultz (aka Will Shatter) and Steve Effete DePace (Stephen DePace) went north and formed FLIPPER. Singer Rik L Rik went on to SoCal punk notoriety. Paul Sercu (a.k.a. Dim Wanker) was on guitar.

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Circle X - Prehistory (1983)

Circle X formed in 1978 out of 2 punkbands, No Fun and the I-Holes. Originally located in Louisville, Kentucky, the band relocated to New York to take part in the no wave scene. A 7" called 'Heartbreaker' was released in 1979.

Circle X stayed in France for a while where they recorded a 4 track 12" for Celluloid in 1980. The band went back to NY to record the classic 'Prehistory' LP which was released in 1983 on Enigma/Index.

'Prehistory'  is another great release from Circle X, this one is basically a more refined version of Untitled, but don't let that discourage you. Prehistory is also way more post-punk influenced than their debut EP. It's still very chaotic, but in a much more organized way, if that makes any sense.

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