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Artist Biography by AllMusic
Based in York, England, this indie group played a
mixture of rock and folk. The founder members were Jo Swiss (vocals),
Jon Townend (vocals/guitar), Dave Allen (drums), and Martin Appleby
(bass), with the addition of various keyboard players. Initially named
Malcolm’s Mother, their own Eggs Will Walk label issued an excellent
12-inch EP in 1986, on which they reworked the traditional ‘Cruel
Mother’. When Appleby departed, the band recruited Dave Wall. Capturing
the atmosphere of 80s urban bleakness, with Townend’s oblique, witty
political comments, they recorded an album for Special Delivery, and two
more noise-folk releases for the modernist label Cooking Vinyl Record
s. After Lip, which was remixed against their wishes, they disbanded.
Townend and Swiss retained the band’s name, and continued to search for a
US label.
Tracklist
| 1 | Hollywood Or The Humber | |
| 2 | You Win Some But You Lose More | |
| 3 | True Colour | |
| 4 | Too Many Flesh Suppers | |
| 5 | Reynard | |
| 6 | Ball Of Confusion | |
| 7 | Defense Of The Wicked | |
| 8 | Bare Floor Blues | |
| 9 | Calgary Cross | |
| 10 | The Greed Creed |
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