Sugar - Beaster (coloured vinyl)Beaster is the second album by Sugar, the short lived but brilliant trio featuring former Husker du singer guitarist Bob Mould. Released in April 1993, and recorded and mixed during the same intense sessions that produced its 1992 predecessor Copper Blue, this concise 6 song suite entered the UK album charts at no. 3, a remarkable achievement for such a noisy and uncompromising rock record. although darker in tone than the widescreen powerpop of

“We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music

the unpredictability of Sonic Youth

The title of Thomas’s third album for Bob Thiele’s Flying Dutchman referenced Oliver Nelson’s classic 1961 LP The Blues and the Abstract Truth

prevailing tastes or whatever influence might guide a lesser unit are not even a consideration

“They looked like a gang

which is concerned with the downfall of man and the death of the planet

Widely regarded as the New Jersey's crew's best album

chock-full of heartfelt lyrics and organic nature which cuts through bubbling synths and blissful euphoria of their synthetic constructions

Released on Kong

’ and ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’

A creation from nothing

” from the album sessions