The Pastels – Suck On (Retrogressive 1983-1985) [USED LP] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic hummed or sung with open

hummed or sung with open vowels

And welcome

it is first Thelonious Monk who is invoked in an homage to one of the leading figures of the Chilean revolution

articulated within the unpolished depths of the sound’s structure

the set collects nine cuts of contagious Afro-Portuguese dance music which maps strong parallels to the UK’s own transition and flux between grime and UKF

The Pastels – Suck On (Retrogressive 1983-1985) [USED LP] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic hummed or sung with openundeniable early twee slop singles from scottish treasures. bubblegum stuck to a ballet flat, effervescent & shambling & heartbreaking swelling in the extreme. so, so good. Creation, 1988