Early Cardiacs

The Seaside was originally published in 1984 Sprocket & a few years later on CD - not with all songs, as it probably problems with the master tapes were, but at least you get here 9 pieces: to hear that, fortunately, already (36 52min.) mount up all the Cardiacs sound so distinguished and special: humor, madness and virtuosity ... the complex, the catchy and the crazy ... the prog, punk & the sloping stuff to influences of fairground & cartoon music, urbritischen Pomp and Circumstance, indie strumming, lolloping ska rhythms, exuberant bombast and still much more ...
recorded in the large ensemble (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, vocals, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet) It's crazy times complex (JIBBER and Twitch, HELLO MR.SPARROW), sometimes rather straight-melodic (GENA LOLLABRIDGIDA, A WOODEN FISH ON WHEELS) to the point, IT'S A LOVELY DAY is an absurd and highly rhythmic prog-Waltz, ICE A SPOT AND A DOT ON A DOG adopt its blustering-rushed to the varied Pronk epic HOPE DAY, the absolute band classics RES and to close the wild-lashing TO GO OFF AND THINGS - ie the entire range that you love the British estimates &!
It is clear that the whole does not produce as loud and punchy such as A Little Man & a House & ... (1988) or On Land And In The Sea (1989), nevertheless goes sounded absolutely fine and there is also almost the dazzling genius and crazy hitdichte these two milestones reached's from my side again the highest score ...