Welcome to Christmas Eve fellow travellers. As you can tell, there's no ridiculous Christmas post and there's no boxing day sale...however there are some top quality posts lined up for 2020. But first, a big shout out to Timebender for his excellent Gazing volumes and Selections Series that he shared with us over the last few months, Thank you man! I'd also like to extend seasons greetings to all who continue to return here (Fabio), especially those kind souls who take the time to comment and share their memories/music with us. Thank you all!!
Back to the music...
Released in 1983 Let The Tribe Increase by The Mob was their most adventurous project to date. Originally released in a reddish orange cover, with a poster, and displaying 'borrowed' artwork from Alternative TV's second album on the front cover. A later pressing was printed with a blue sleeve. This was The Mob’s massively impressive calling card. They had been based in London for a couple of years by now where all the members were living in squats and co-op housing in west and north London. The band needed an address they could rely on, in case they were evicted from their homes, so the address they were using was c/o Freedom Press bookshop in east London. The Mob disregard the furious thrash punk of their contemporaries, preferring to convey their feelings of despair, fear and disgust via a loping, aggressive mid-paced punk which sounds like a Clash/Buzzcocks hybrid played at half-speed. Recorded at Spaceward studios in Cambridge, Let The Tribe Increase is terrifyingly abrupt in its fierce confrontation. Sounds weird, but works brilliantly! The album is absolutely essential listening for Punks and the more hip Anarcho Punks having had brilliant reviews from the music press and more importantly from the followers and fanzine writers of the day. There are no jokes, no happy endings. In the end, there is only music...and hope. And The Mob.
Back to the music...
Released in 1983 Let The Tribe Increase by The Mob was their most adventurous project to date. Originally released in a reddish orange cover, with a poster, and displaying 'borrowed' artwork from Alternative TV's second album on the front cover. A later pressing was printed with a blue sleeve. This was The Mob’s massively impressive calling card. They had been based in London for a couple of years by now where all the members were living in squats and co-op housing in west and north London. The band needed an address they could rely on, in case they were evicted from their homes, so the address they were using was c/o Freedom Press bookshop in east London. The Mob disregard the furious thrash punk of their contemporaries, preferring to convey their feelings of despair, fear and disgust via a loping, aggressive mid-paced punk which sounds like a Clash/Buzzcocks hybrid played at half-speed. Recorded at Spaceward studios in Cambridge, Let The Tribe Increase is terrifyingly abrupt in its fierce confrontation. Sounds weird, but works brilliantly! The album is absolutely essential listening for Punks and the more hip Anarcho Punks having had brilliant reviews from the music press and more importantly from the followers and fanzine writers of the day. There are no jokes, no happy endings. In the end, there is only music...and hope. And The Mob.
