Criminal Action b/w My Oh My
scum stats: probably 500 copies pressed
You know, the music here is ok, kinda whatever, but I just think that the cover of the pic sleeve here, an illustration of four wildly different women...the sporty rebel, the vampy rabble rouser, the resigned in houserobe and hair curlers, and the clockwatching career woman...is just incredibly fascinating. Mr. Dean Powers (credited for art direction and design here)...I belatedly salute you.
Furthermore, I can find NO connection between the artwork and the subject matter of the songs...which makes it all a thousand times more intriguing. WHY did they choose this as the accompanying artwork? Possibly inspired by the Raymond Pettibon-illustrated back cover of Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown" single? Unlikely, but a boy can dream.
The songs are just barely on the right side of generic 80's MOR synth driven harmonies. Pretty harmless.
Shame there’s no posting on TMR London news about the Records of the Year awards from Rough Trade , nor the exclusive copies of both albums AND currently exclusive live gig lp. I presume we’re getting an announcement on here some time before they sell out..
Moaning again but do feel like UK / European vault members get a shoddy service. Wish I hadn’t transferred but did what I was asked to.