Elemental,
my dear Wreckless. Eric Goulden's 1986 releases on a twofer.
Amazing
what 86 quid could buy back in the '80s. In Wreckless Eric's case it paid
for the LBC's entire debut, recorded in Upchurch village hall with ex-Milkshakes
men Russ Wilkins and Bruce Brand and still sounding startling as hell. Amid
the spitting feedback and mudslide guitars, however, Eric's caustic satire
and artless pop sensibility claw through, particularly on "Young, Upwardly
Mobile...And Stupid" and "Someone Must've Nailed Us Together". Imagine Reg
Presley and the Sonics stomping in a phone box. Not big but certainly clever.
ROB HUGHES
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