Showing posts with label Unrest Work and Play. Show all posts
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Thursday, 29 March 2018

Fraser ‎– "Archaeology" (Anti Hero Records ‎– AH 008) 1989

The lost album from the Unrest,Work and Play archives wot I found on the interweb in an atrociously low bit-rate, but its still not too bad compared to some of the cassettes that are on here.
Its basically a solo album by Chris Fraser of UWP, but sounds exactly like said group.
If you don't know what 'said group' sounds like click here.
In words, disjointed Avant-Prog songs sung in a post-psychedelic style that was quite typical of the groups on Recommended Records.So don't expect melodies that have predictable sequences, or conform to 4/4 verse chorus verse standards.
Seems that Chris disappeared after this obscure magnum opus.

Tracklist:

A1 Archaeology
A2 Everything Looks Different
A3 Steep Descent
A4 Customs
A5 Clear
B1 Pointless
B2 Where And When
B3 0119
B4 Cellarman
B5 Misconstrued


Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Unrest Work & Play ‎– "Informs" (Recommended Records ‎– RR C19) 1984



Mick Hobbs of The Work etc, was in 'The Momes' with Andy Wake of 'Unrest Work and Play', along with Tim Hodgkinson, late of Henry Cow/The Work........so......as we went on a little Mick Hobbs trip,in fact we are still on it(!); here's UWP's only proper album. A typically disjointed Avant-Prog exploration of musical sub-genres, in the Recommended Records stylee.

Tracklist:

A1 Rockabilly
A2 Heavy Metal
A3 Ballad
A4 Folk
A5 Art-Rock
B1 Pop
B2 Swing
B3 Blues
B4 Ethnic


Tuesday, 2 September 2014

The Momes - "Spiralling" (Woof Records ‎– WOOF 011) 1989


What do you get if you combine The Work with Unrest,Work and Play? No, not Unrest,Work,Work and Play. We get The Momes, which is French for The Brats,or the Kids, by the way(but should have one of those little hats over the 'O':mômes).
What does this combination sound like? Well,pretty much like Unrest,Work,Work and Play.
Yup, more disjointed art rock; Wot you don't get much of in these boring,boring ,times.
An Avant Rock in opposition super group,if ever there was one?

Tracklist:


A1 Lobby
A2 Friday
A3 Mirror Egg
A4 Bloodsucking Babies
A5 Ghosts
A6 Locus Swarm
B1 Core Of Water
B2 Dog
B3 World Is Only Turning
B4 Nitrate Mine
B5 Slab

Monday, 1 September 2014

Unrest Work & Play ‎– "Sound Every Day" (Political Underground Records ‎– PU3) 1983



UWP's second 12 incher, is better than their first. More of the same splintered,falling down, art damaged post-punkery. They never got better than this.
They released an album on Recommended records,which was pretty crap, called “Informs”; I've included the best three tracks from this in the Zip file.(sorry I deleted the rest of the "Informs" album some time ago like a twat;so no full album to download i'm afraid!)

Tracklist :


A1 Change 2:25
A2 New Systems Arrive 2:07
A3 Bananas 5:51
B1 Wake Up Time 2:20
B2 Capital Swings 1:40
B3 Ritual Appearance 2:22
B4 Louder Than Language 6:31


Unrest Work & Play ‎– "Andy & Chris" (Art Hole Records ‎– AH1) 1982


Another, This Heat, Metabolist,The Work inspired Recommended Records related act was Unrest,Work and Play.(Just realised that they had the word 'Work' in their group moniker......scheech?).
Unrepetitive,awkward time signatured, fractured art rock of the highest quality. They sounded an awful lot like The Work in fact,but that ain't no bad thing,especially in a time when nobody sounds like The Work.

The title of this release is unclear. Some are listing it as "Untitled", some as "Worrying Hats", others as "Andy & Chris". I decided to use the latter because it appears as such on the spine.
Total time, Side A- 8:35. Side B- 9:40 

Tracklist:


A1 Worrying Hats
A2 Tongues & Bones
A3 We Believe
B1 Common Sense
B2 Shapes Of Work
B3 Zombie Culture

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