Magazine:
Mojo

No. 137, april 2005

15 tracks, 53:09

Mojo

By the time The Sex Pistols US tour collapsed in San Francisco in January 1978 punk's initial energy and idealism had dissipated. In its place stood two very different schools of thought. The f irst consisted of a more aggressive, basic and streetwise approach to the genre. The second saw some of the scene's initial participants seeking to recapture the sense of adventure and excitement generated by punk two years earlier. This collection is an exploration of this latter liberationist mindset - a mindset that draws on the DIY spirit of punk witbout being confined by its reductive limitations.

Indeed, it's this spirit that has been resurrected by a new generation of post-punk acts over the last four years. Hence the likes of The Futureheads, Death From Above 1979, Bird Blobs and Radio 4 have been included on this compilation alongside instigators like Siouxsie And The Banshees, Essential Logic and The Fail.

As such, this collection is a celebration of angular musie alive to the possibilities offered up by punk during the last 30 years. This is music that is unafraid of being naïve, unashamed of being progressive and unbound by musicianship. This is music that challenges. Music that journeys Beyond Punk!

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