This was Supersister grand magi Robert Jan Stips' top notch art pop cum new wave unit following his post-Supersister activities in Stars & Stips (also posted on MS) and (briefly) Golden Earring, and the unfettered flights of fancy you'd anticipate in one of his projects is certainly to be found here, albeit in rather more measured and pop-structured doses. The results on their lone outing here are a high caliber form of high gloss late 70's pop eccentricity vaguely in the ballpark of something like the first few Godley & Creme albums and The Tubes during their brilliant early career phase, but infused with a specific species of whimsicality that is very much Stips' alone.
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has anybody else had this weird problem where the download gets to 20.4 mb and then freezes?
ReplyDeletei've tried to d/l this 3 times now and it's gotten jammed in the same spot. odd...
it looks awesome, looking forward to hearing this eventually!
Awesome post. How's his Stips LP "U.P."?
ReplyDeleteAlong with the G&C and Tubes touchpoints, I'm also hearing the baffling twist on this era of pop that characterizes Magma's "Merci."
fuzztunnel-Alas, I've missed hearing U.P. so far. Silly me...
ReplyDeleteFound a rip of Stips' U.P. here:
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Definitely worth a listen.
fuzztunnel-nice...thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis record has so many good moments, I def see the Tubes comparison.
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