Tench

Shriekback - Tench [Y21 UK 1982 24-Bit FLAC]

The original line up of  Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh and Dave Allen, augmented by their first drummer Brian Nevill were responsible for some damn fine work between 1982 and 1984. Shriekback blended post-punk funk and complicated experimentation into two albums (this was their first) and four singles for Disc O'Dell's Y Records label before getting a major deal with Arista Records. 

The Y Records pressings tended to be cheap and fuzzy, not helped by the band's awkwards first attempts at self-production. This is evident in parts of this mini-album, however this just adds to the feel of the record. Thankfully they were to improve their studio craft further for the full length follow-up Care. Sexthinkone was their debut single and does feature but it is the splendid Accerations which easily stands out. The click track throughout Here Comes My Hand-Clap added to the challenges in mastering from my original UK vinyl pressing. 

A1 Sexthinkone

A2 A Kind Of Fascination

A3 All The Greek Boys (Do The Handwalk)

B1 Accretions

B2 Mothloop

B3 Here Comes My Hand-Clap