Infected by Records

Play it Again Sam Records 1008 / 1988 - Belgian band, a dark spiral staircase of monotone gothic doom. it reminds me of some nick cave, ian curtis and has a rockabilly feel at times too, in a Tito & the Tarantulas vein. this is a later album for the band and was distributed by Wax Trax, which is why i picked it up. there is no listing on allmusic for it, but on musicstack, the record gets 16- to 144-. my copy is from the Brooklyn load, and its priced 5- from 1989.

here is a website about the band from a fan.

http://www.swerquin.net/sigloxx.htm

i like this record, with its pervasive mood and simplistic repeated lyrics. not too far off from songs:ohia in some ways. overall grade is B/need to find the early albums to value this piece against the rest of the collection, and there is some kind of collection which encompasses at least 15 releases in single or LP form.

Labels: Tried It For The Label