In one of my Books of the Year, the fabulous music novel This is Memorial Device, (a review of which I'll repost presently), author David Keenan splendidly describes a set of remarkable but utterly fictitious bands that peopled the Post Punk scene of Airdrie in the early eighties. Taiwan Housing Project, a collaboration between Mark Feehan of the charmingly named Harry Pussy and Kilyn Lunsford of Magic Claw could almost be one of these bands, so completely out there are they on every level.
So how to describe them? Mix up B52s, Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch, Destroy All Monsters, Babes in Toyland, Banshees, and any other demented and fearsome female fronted outfits on the far ends of Punk and avant garde you might care to mention. Stir and set aflame. Sit back and enjoy. Here are a couple of tracks from their recent record, the splendidly entitled Veblen Death Mask. However, there's nothing quite like the whole immersive experience and I suggest you dive into the album. The soundtrack for the next time you care to howl at the moon!
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