Mx-80 Sound

Hard Attack

MX-80 Sound is one of the real oddities in American music. Their debut album, Hard Attack (released in the UK on Island Records), found little-to-no audience in the States upon its release in 1977, yet remains a key document of the mid-70s proto-punk zeitgeist. Hailing from Bloomington, Indiana, MX-80 Sound is lead by guitarist Bruce Anderson and defies simple classification with relentless riffs, dual drummers and vocalist Rich Stims absurdist prose and dizzying sax. Assimilating the avant-rock of Captain Beefheart and conjuring the ghosts of Albert Ayler, MX-80 Sound evokes what free jazz would sound like if born in Bloomington. As archivist Byron Coley writes, "Hard Attack has long been considered one of the great squirts of the Midwest undergrounds prog-punk tradition. Fellow travelers include Debris Static Disposal, Pere Ubus Modern Dance and Destroy All Monsters 1974-1976, and what makes each of these fine gushers unique is that they were all created in virtual isolation. No one else in the neighborhood was creating anything akin to them." Superior Viaduct is honored to reissue Hard Attack, mastered from the original analog tapes for the first time since 1977 and remixed by the band. The definitive version for longtime fans and newcomers alike, this deluxe 2xCD set includes 19 previously unreleased tracks, documenting the band from their early days to the moment they relocated to San Francisco and signed to the Residents Ralph Records label. The singular and staggering innovation of MX-80 Sound still harkens to rocks future potential. "If ever a band realized the potential of pre-punk underground noise rock, MX-80 is it." -Trouser Press

Price
€ 25.25
Genre
Format
CD - 2 disk
Release date
12-08-2013
Label
Item-nr
448591
EAN
0857176003928
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. MAN ON THE MOVE
2. KID STUFF
3. FASCINATION
4. SUMMER 77
5. PCBS
6. CRUSHED ICE
7. TIDAL WAVE
8. CHECKMATE
9. FACTS-FACTS
10. YOURE NOT ALONE
11. CIVILIZED / DEMEYES
12. AFTERBIRTH / AFTERMATH

Disk 2

1. FELONIUS FUNK
2. KICKING
3. INSTANT NOSTALGIA
4. PAINT IT BLACK
5. ROCKIN ROBOTS
6. ROCK MINI
7. HOUSE OF CARDS
8. SPOONFIGHT
9. SIT DOWN
10. STRANGERS FRIEND
11. REPLICA
12. OBSESSION
13. INDUSTRY
14. WHAT THE .. ?
15. FEVER IN THE FOREST
16. TIRED, POOR AND YEARNING
17. WHERE IS JANE
18. DIAPHANOUS GINGER
19. UNTITLED, 1978