“The Missionary” / “One Angle” / “Two Angle”” (Crepuscule TWI 053) March 1982
Josef K | The Farewell Single (Crepuscule) 1982 | Courtesy an old Peel session, the last ever sob. But I’m not crying. Chunka-chunka-chunka-white boys on phunk fartery. Not so Special K plod aimlessly through their final goodbye before ‘exploring different musical patterns’.
Please do research more thoroughly next time funkawallahs. (Sounds, 20/03/82)
Josef K | The Farewell Single (Crepuscule) 1982
Copped from a BBC session, the A side of this souvenir is the ‘Missionary’, and in truth it’s my single of the week, even though it’s not Record Mirror’s.
I don’t give a damn whether its technically good, bad or indifferent, whether its under-produced or even fashionable (unlikely) – the guitar, vocals and overall sense of urgency on this record make a noise I like, and like better than anything else out this week.
A personal quirk? Perhaps, but I do know that listening to this after the Altered Images single makes the latter sound tame and contrived, rather than charmingly stylised. This week’s choice for the desert island. (Record Mirror, 20/03/82)
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