Positive Noise: Positive Negative [1982]
Positive Noise: Feel the Fear [1982]
Scottish New Wave. ib?
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6 comments:
Oh dear, Mike.
Positive Noise only serves to remind me how horrifically provincial the homegrown Scottish music scene was in the very early 80s. When
what we craved was vivid colours splashing synapses as a consequence of imbibing psychoactive substances, all that was on offer was a ghastly array of man-made textiles luridly pronouncing "new wave"...
A slew of A&R men in wretched suits and fitted smirks descending on every town & city up and down the U.K. on the crest of an economic boom.
Bad, bad artificial times. Not even as glamorous as a Kraftwerk mannequin...
Excellent! I am glad it brought back a memory or two...
... sadist!
J'accuse!
But the first album and related singles create a monolith of dark textures, wild energies and chanted/brawled vocals... sort of like mixing early Skids with early Simple Minds...a good thing, then.
After that they went all crap, but no fair saying that represents the band.
anyone that has a contact to anyone in the band? we're looking to license a track from them for a compilation but can't trace them... thanks in advance for any help
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