MANDEMIC
by CULTURE SHOCK
Vinyl LP
FISH57LP
Label: BLUURG RECORDS
In the mid-80s UK’s punk band Subhumans, Organised Chaos and Aheads all split up and members of each got to create Culture Shock, who brought a refreshing original blend of reggae-driven bass, roller coasting drums and punked-up ska guitar to an alternative scene that welcomed their original combination of danceable tunes and socially aware lyrics. Two hundred gigs and three albums later, they called it a day...
The band reformed in 2012 with Dick, Jasper & Bill bringing in Alex on guitar, carrying on in the spirit of Nine, who passed on in ’93. Alongside touring the UK, they recorded the “Attention Span” album for Alternative Tentacles Records in 2015, self-released “Humanity Show” on Bluurg Records in 2018, and have now self-released a new album “Mandemic,” whose fresh upbeat insightful songs are a product of the viral and cultural lockdown of 2020.
Recorded in the available moments between lockdowns and largely never played live, these songs are fresh and bouncy, fired up and angry, solid and spikey - both a reflection of, and an antidote to, the current times.
FOR FANS OF: SUBHUMANS, CITIZEN FISH, CHOKING VICTIM, LEFTOVER CRACK, OPERATION IVY
1. Penny For The Guy
2. Mandemic
3. War On Senses
4. Consequences
5. War is Peace
6. Wake Up Time
7. Concentration
8. Concentration Dub
9. Too Much of Everything
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