Sunday 12 January 2014

Kevin Harrison & Steven Parker ‎– "Against The Light" ( Illusion Production – IP 011) 1982

Young men buy synthesizers, can't stretch to a drum machine, but release a C-30 cassette of their clumsy attempts to be a post punk Tangerine Dream. Sounds great dunnit?
These two young men avec synths, accidentally made a dark electronic folk record, well before industrial public schoolboy Current 93 turned to the genre. Dunno who sings, Harrison or Parker(late of Nuneaton's own Bron Area), but his voice has that simple Shirley Collins effect. Which, when coupled with the electronic accordion style backing tracks, have a very chilly effect not heard this side of the Eraserhead soundtrack.Very much a solid state Shirley and Dolly Collins.

 Track Listing:



A1
State Of Attrition

A2
Rope Of Sand

A3
And Through The Furnace

A4
Cavalcade

A5
Distant Truth Of English Dreams

A6
Swings And Roundabouts

B1
Green Mantle Of The Standing Pool

B2
Continuation Song

B3
Sahasara

B4
Caught Then Drowned Affection

B5
After

DOWNLOAD this solid state Shirley and Dolly Collins HERE!

4 comments:

Mary said...

I love Kevin Harrison! All his works are lost gems from the early 80's.
Any chance to download his cassettes?
All the best.
Mary

Jonny Zchivago said...

Sadly this is the only one I have.:-(

Steve Parker said...

Check out Bron Area

Unknown said...

Kevin Harrison's 'Spectro Verdu Est Mort' cassette re-released by Glass Redux March 2016. 'Inscrutably Obvious' (On Earth 2) remastered on Vinyl for Summer 2016. Unreleased material (75-81) on Vinyl On Demand April 2016.