THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE UNKNOWN (X)

 

(segundo David Thomas: "The first Pere Ubu record was meant to be something that would gain us entry into the Brotherhood of the Unknown that was gathering in used record bins everywhere")

"In 1985, XTC were a band out of time. Nervous breakdowns and a disgust for prevailing trends had left them at odds with the public and their label. A good time, then, to become another group entirely - the superbly psychedelic Dukes of Stratosphear. (...) They went back to the 60s, 'had the most fun we ever had' and were reborn as shadowy impostors from the golden age of psych. (...)

(Andy Partridge says) 'Lack of success was the best thing that ever happened to us. You put out a record that no bastard buys - so you make the next one even better. Right then, what about this one? Lack of success, for us, was like having a set of Duracell-drumming-bunny-batteries in our backs'" ("Uncut", Junho de 2009)

(2009)