Various - Messthetics #107

D.I.Y. and (very) indie pos tpunk, 1977-82: London, vol. 3 Messthetics returns to London mostly to a handful of Tube-stops along the Central and Northern Lines.#107 also includes a special 7-band, 6-page feature on the legendary Dining Out label. Rough-edged new wave wonders, scrappy D.I.Y.-punk, ear-boggling home experiments and the usual quota of accidental pop from fifth-form teens, art-school grads andcommitted hippies. Some recorded in actual studios,others on stand-alone cassette-decks placed just soon the squat- or church-hall floor. With ex-membersof Spitfire Boys, Tax Exiles and Flying Lizards; others went on to Weekend, Alien Sex Fiend, A CertainRatio, 400 Blows, Alabama 3, Celestial, Afro Celt Sound System, Fraff, Late Night Poker, and andthe Native Hipsters. Plus 5 bands that got their start at Raynes Park High School for Boys, Morden.Messthetics #107 features obscure vinyl sides from Disco Zombies, Demon Preacher,Jelly Babies, Six Minute War, Stepping Talk, Occult Chemistry, The Patterns, 49 Americans,Avocados, Methodishca Tune, Jangletties, Stolen Power, Flags, The Steppes, The Insex,The Milkmen, Design for Living, Twilight Zoners, and Club Tango. Unreleased material from Disco Zombies, Buddy Hernia & the Rickets, Twilight Zoners, Milkmen, and the White Brothers.23 songs on the CD plus 6 bonus MP3 tracks: 90+ minutes of music.24-page booklet, extensively documented with histories, photos and artifacts.Mess+Aesthetics. Between 1977 and 83 hundreds of U.K. bands put out their own records and tapes on the cheap and without apology. With D.I.Y. , Punk and all that came before it collided with D.I.Y. s fresh aesthetic of making and sharing music without concern for popular success. There s no common style:instead the music is united by wit, enthusiasm, musical risk-taking, and a conspicuous lack of pose.

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