XTC

Drums and Wires

Holy guacamole, this fucking rips, so hard. Wildly eccentric new wave tunes with glorious guitar tones and excellent drumming.

Punk-Pop. The lyrics as well as instrumentations so deftly weave catchiness and rebellion that you might not even notice one over the other. It's pulls no punches and offers a complex assortment of ideas while somehow synthesizing all of them into a cohesive hole. There is not a blemish on the record.

Highlighting an XTC album is always a difficult task, but when you’re talking post-punk or new wave, there’s really only a couple contenders. XTC have one of the most fascinating career progressions in music. From their highly-energetic, eclectic, punkish new wave of their first album, to the pastoral, acoustic-driven songs found on English Settlement, XTC seem to have something for everybody. Let us not forget XTC’s psychedelic pop masterpiece Skylarking, the incredibly ... read more

Very uninspiring