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Artist:	ANIMALS + MEN
Title:	Revel in the Static
Label:	MESSTHETICS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	MSS 201CD

...Demos and singles 1979-19983. Messthetics is one of a series of labels run by legendary archivist Chuck Warner, documenting here the histroric UK DIY scene of the late 70s/early 80s. These are pressed CDs (not CDR's). "Terrific girl-vocal D.I.Y./ postpunk from the West Country (Somerset, UK). Unmannered vocals, grinding minimal instrumentals and a pounding/tribal/ Bo Diddley backbeat. Messthetics' first "solo" act re-emerges with vastly-improved sound and four songs from a hitherto lost 1979 session that rank with their very best, making for well over an hour of music. Contains a 12-page booklet with extensive notes, new photos and A+M ephemera, plus our traditional (and extremely handsome) pasted-on snapshot cover." "A witch's brew of The Vaselines, surf and '60s garage? The Fuzzbox-esque half sweet, half swaggering 'It's Hip' and surfy 'The Man with the Spiked-Toed Shoes' could have been one of Rough Trade's finest hours." --Ed Zed, Rock Bottom

Artist:	ANIMALS + MEN
Title:	Never Bought Never Sold: Singles + Demos 1979-83
Label:	MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MR 024LP

2011 repress, originally released 2008. "Animals + Men -- named after a song by Adam and the Ants -- started life around the winter of 1978-1979 when Susan Wells took over vocal duties in what was a three piece called Psychotic Reaction. Based in Frome Somerset, their first release Don't Misbehave in the New Age (1980) was an indie hit. When the band split in '81, Susan and Ralph formed the Terraplanes. A & M/Terraplanes released three vinyl 45s. A few years ago, demos by the band surfaced on the Messthetics/Hyped 2 Death label. Recently, the band have reformed and performed the odd gig and are releasing an EP of new songs soon on Convulsive Records. Mississippi Records is proud to be the first to release an entire LP containing the three 45s and early demos, all recorded between 1979-1983. For fans of early UK DIY."

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