Karl Blake - " The Prehensile Tales " (Normal Records NOR131) 1983

Yes Karl Blake of the Lemon Kittens, who was also in the mighty Reflections with Mark Perry, Nag, Dennis Burns and Paul Platypus (of Doof ).
This album collects all the odds and sods from Karls Bedroom floor in the years 1977-1981. Its all brilliantly disturbed, falling apart music of the highest sub-standards that we adore here at Die or DIY?.
Guitar strings are clawed at and recorded well into the red zone, drums are made to resemble the sound of a dustbin of empty tin-cans being unloaded into a skip, and the singer (Blake) sounds like he was captured as a field recording in the padded cell of a secure mental facility.

I personally think this is better than any of the Lemon Kittens albums,only rivalled by the "Spoonfed and Writhing" ep.
A truly unhinged miesterwerk, from one of the genuine 'weird' guys, and a lesson in the deconstruction of song.

Track Listing:

		DOG Side
A1		Baby's In Grey
A2		Switchback
A3		Whistle And Weep
A4		Blast The Human Flower
		TAIL Side
B1		The Waiting List
B2		No Limits
B3		People With No Shoulders
B4		Dreams Of The Lichen Tester
B5		A Misogyny Of Song
B6		Love So Much Like Violent Death

Download Prehensile Tales here!