PATRICK BURKE
Silence and Timing
PATR 555 LP

Sealed copies of the original pressing of this fantastic and very obscure private press oddity is a solo outing from a member of the cult post punk unit Parasites Of The Western World. Silence And Timing may refrain from some of the balls out avant rock maneuvers heard on Parasites of the Western World’s recently reissued album on De Stijl, but it’s a knockout in its own less overt way; Burke’s idiomatic boundary blur in this instance being between dreamy psych and melancholic post punk, with pass ing overtones of both Brian Sands and Gignoux’s The Broadway Boys, though this has got a darker overall cast than either of those. 

~ Mutant Sounds

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THE PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Politico B/W Zytol Automation
PARA 666 7”

Rare and elusive copies of the original pressing of the follow up to their self-titled LP recorded by The Parasites of the Western World in 1979. The Parasites are generally regarded as overlooked and ahead of their time (what else do you see on this site ?) This 7” single features 2 songs, “Politico” and “Zytol Automation” and predates the Substrata record, which, if you buy the general consensus, is where things went bunk (not that we completely agree) but anyway, the Parasites were two nowhere guys from Portland. They cross heavy guitar fuzzbombs, a few classic rock moves, some errant synths & a shitload of flange in several totally inappropriate places. Some slow, cold ‘n’ gloomy freakouts that aren’t far from Chrome (although I would guess that they got there accidentally).

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