Bristol based post-punk funk/jazz becomes one of the most psychedelic recordings of its and most times partially thanks to a freefall production by Reggae producer Dennis Blackbeard Bovell.
The music itself is pretty open ended influenced by funk, free-jazz, dub, and a few rock signposts like Captain Beefheart and Can.
I picked up my copy of this in a purchase with Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off, Baby thanks to comparisons being made to these bands in early British music press coverage of the Birthday Party. This was in 1983 and I had a really good local 2nd hand record shop where a lot of the money I had went in the mid 80s.
Very very good, very unique lp. Lysergic as all get out with that production. I think pretty essential lp but Ive been listening to it for 43 years as well as the rest of their catalogue and some of the band's offshoots. Singer Mark Stewart went onto record a bunch of stuff with Adrian Sherwood at On-U Sound. Other members became Pigbag and the drummer wound up in P.i.L a few years later.
The bandname seems to be somewhat situationist in objectifying the nature of a group of performers. I'm also reminded of the cans marked FOOD in Repo Man. I don't like the idea that it's a reference to Iggy anywhere near as much.
Band later became a deal more concrete and less psychedelic on their 2nd lp For How Much Longer which is also good. & the compilation We Are Time captures them live and in outtakes but should have been on one cd with Cabinet of Curiosities.
Thanks to Stavo Olende.
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