Reviewed by Tom Mott
Released: November 9 1981 Tactics Glebe Genre: Post-Punk Pop Rating: 3.8 out of 5 Highlights: Running Downhill Centerpoint Between The Trains A post-punk band that loved Love brings us erratic, sharp, yet surprisingly airy music. Floating countertenor vocals, up-stroke guitars, time changes, and quirky musical interludes. It's either a white dress with gold stripes or a blue dress with black stripes. Worth listening and deciding for yourself, but they had me with the song title "Arthur Lee At Houston Airport" and bonus points for having a trumpet player. Shades of Fred Banana Combo, Steve Miro, and Beat Crazy.
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The 1981 Listening Post - Tactics - My Houdini
Tactics - My Houdini
#72
February 1981
Tactics
My Houdini
Genre: Post-Rock from Down Under
3.75 out of 5
Highlights:
New York Reel
National Health
We have a soft spot for Aussie rock over here at The Listening Post. From the other side of the globe a lot of that stuff never got here because, well, it’s fucking hard to tour from Australia. And MTV could only break so many bands from Oz.
This band is bonkers. Like a subway busking band that stepped into a pub, hooked up to the mics and were playing for time before they got booted off the stage for some posing headliner.
This reminds me of a New Wavier Crazy Rhythms fronted by Johnny Rotten. With occasional saxophones.
It’s frenetic and angular, like it’s hopped up on Chock Full of Nuts (It is 1981) and they aren’t relinquishing the stage. Before you get a chance to pull their plug…they’re done.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
The 1986 Listening Post - Tactics - Blue and White Future Whale
Tactics - Blue and White Future Whale
#566
November 1986
Tactics
Blue and White Future Whale
Genre: Post-Rock
3.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Absolutely
Absolutely
Binoculars
As we move forward we might not be delving as deeply into the releases from the land down under that never made it to our shores save for a the occasional import bin in Bleecker Bob’s but until then, we are still listening to all that could be unearthed from that area.
It vacillates between lush psychedelic pop and the more bizarre, with tracks like “Absolutely” reminding me of Human Sexual Response and Talking Heads.
File Under: Equity Waiver Avant Garde Theater Show Music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUmErgCkiMs&list=PLlvn8uktX5Lvbtj2Io6dBhW9ppmbzB8tc
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