The 1981 Listening Post - Ward 13 - Flash As a Rat

 Ward 13 - Flash As a Rat

#441

May 1981

Ward 13

Flash As a Rat

Genre: Aussie New Wave

3.5 out of 5

Highlights:

See Venice and Die

Something’s Missing

I Gotta Getta

I love stuff like this sometimes. Spacey New Wave junk new wave that is all about capitalizing on a sub-genre that seems to be the vanguard of the times.

In this case it’s Bowie tinged Aussie power pop rock that is all about being up in space, man. A Flock of Seagulls would have loved to have these guys open for them if they ever toured Oz.

The songs here unexceptional. I want them all to be better at what they try to be. Like, “News For You”. It should have more teeth but instead, it’s really just an edgier Bay City Rollers. 

Another one and done. There’s a reason. 

Only available as a Google Drive 

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