The Method Actors - Little Figures
#663
1981 Housekeeping
The Method Actors
Little Figures
Genre: Red Hot Post Rock
4 out of 5
Highlights:
Rang-A-Tang
The YouTube playlist is out of release order and there are way more songs here than on the original US release pressing.
To make things more confusing..the Method Actors were an American band from Athens, GA but their first album was released as a double record in England but not here. Here, it was a single slab.
Of course, I am listening to the US release. You may do as you please.
“Strictly Gossip” really sets the tone, even though it’s not the real opener. I get a real sense of what I’m in for: heavy rhythms where the bass is the star, the vocals pushed down in the mix, where the lyrics don’t really matter as much as the intent. Which is provide the soundtrack to a predator/prey outing at the darkest night clubs you can imagine.
I think you can drive a train from Talking Heads through these guys and into RHCP. Has anyone made that assertion before? (Have I?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zLsLioag4Y
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