Some of the music inspired by the British Punk Revolution was among the most honest, refreshing upfront, rawest music ever made in the whole rich, glorious story of Rock and Roll. The Television Personalities, Wreckless Eric, Patrick Fitzgerald, ATV, 999, Spizz Energi, Wire's Pink Flag et al. Perhaps you wouldn't want to listen to it absolutely all the time but in short, sharp bursts, now and then, it really can't be beaten.
Ben Edge of the splendidly named Ben Edge & the Electric Pencils understands this only too well. He's based his whole musical persona upon it after all. Every song on his eponymous debut album, which came out last year, is a small new wave classic. Here's the one he wrote about the man who painted matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs.
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