Admirably 'Prog' free, they were an early pointer to what would become know as 'Indie' to floppy fringed students everywhere.
The band name was apparently a contraction of the two words "pragmatism" and "vector", chosen at random.
Later line-ups featured Jim "Foetus" Thirlwell, whose career went decidedly downhill, musically, from there, but uphill in terms of success.Personally, Foetus is one of those musical projects I can't abide......unlike Prag VEC who are brilliant; even though they occasionally indulge themselves with that Post-Punk cliché of writing a song with French lyrics. A 'proggy' tactic to show your peers how intellectual you are.......it works, and as a bi-product you inevitably get an audience in France; and they will never forget you for it.
Tracklist:
A1 Existential 2:30
A2 Bits 1:41
B1 Wolf 1:49
B2 Cigarettes 2:27
5 comments:
One of my favorites. Thanks!
"that Post-Punk cliché of writing a song with French lyrics"
If it's a cliché you can probably think of a dozen such tracks off the top of your head. Please list them below :)
Why You cheeky little monkey!......I can hardly remember my own name most of the time never mind Tracks with french titles and lyrics by post-punk groups!
Yeah, that's the thing, I couldn't actually think of any others, not that aren't French to begin with anyway. I guess you could justifiably say it's pretentious to write lyrics in French; but she has a nice accent and it's a great track, the best thing they ever did in my opinion. Hence the reply ;)
WoW!
I love this EP!
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