CAN’T STOP IT!: Australian Post Punk1978-82; CD (Chapter Music)
$35.00
Australian, Melbourne, Post Punk, Little Band Scene, Primitive Calculators, Rare; CD – Ex Used condition
This collection from Chapter Music brings together a selection of tracks from the Antipodean post-punk scene from the likes of The Apartments, Primitive Calculators, Fabulous Marquises as well as other colourfully-named acts, People With Chairs Up Their Noses – who feature Jim White of Dirty Three no less – and Slugfuckers. What’s most surprising about this compilation is how heavily electronic elements feature. Take a listen to the eccentric bleeps and bloops of ‘The Dumbwaiters’ by Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast or the drum machine noodlings of Essendon Airport. On top of that you still get the bedroom guitar abrasion of any self-respecting New Wave scene: there’s the skewed jangle of The Moodists’ ‘Gone Dead’, while Voigt/465’s ‘Voices A Drama’ is all Siouxsie & The Banshees hysteria. Best of the bunch is The Apartments’ ‘Help’, plundering the same treasure trove of guitar riffs and classic guitar pop as The Cure. It’s worth noting that this compilation has since it’s release, paved the way for the more recent retrospectives on Australia’s punk and garage scenes. Bloody excellent.
