V-EFFECT-STOP THOSE SONGS, LP, 1983, USA

Exhilarating pulse-pounding art rock genius from one of this country's great overlooked bands. Musically, V-Effect were America's answer to Etron Fou Leloublan, creating convulsive sonic assemblages for sax, organ, bass and drums that consistently tumble and caper through lopsided curlicues of post-Magic Band structural irregularity. Lyrically, they're as overtly politicized as This Heat or The Art Bears and, for me at least, their work carries some of the same emotional charge to be found in both those units, despite their substantially different and far less dour aesthetic remit.

Note: I've been asked to remove this link, as Acute Records are set to reissue V-Effect shortly. Please support their efforts and purchase this extraordinary album from them when it's released.