mx-80 sound - hard attack

SUPERIOR VIADUCT continues their reissue campaign of lost punk and post punk gems with cult faves MX 80 SOUND's 1977 lp HARD ATTACK, never before issued in the states......

for those unfamiliar with MX 80 SOUND, these bloomington, indiana rockers made some of the most adventurous and wild art punk of the late 70s......their sound falling someone between TELEVISION, PERE UBU, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, DEBRIS', CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, BRIAN ENO's early rock albums, VELVET UNDERGROUND, the RESIDENTS and free jazz........  WEIRDO, ART DAMAGED, FREE WHEELIN ANGULAR ROCK N ROLL GOODNESS CHOCK FULL OF SURREALISTIC LYRICS, CLATTERING GUITARS, SKRONKY SAX AND WILD RHYTHMS FROM TWO DRUMMERS........   MX 80 SOUND carved out a niche all their own, part midwestern proto punk / part new york post punk and a healthy swirl of avant leanings from prog, garage, noise and esp / impulse records jazz.... MX 80 SOUND dove head first into that art punk sound that people usually ascribe to THE FALL and WIRE, but beat them to the punch.......... and after all these years, their chaotic rock n roll sounds as fresh and edgy as the day it was recorded......

HARD ATTACK was their debut lp for ISLAND RECORDS, after which they recorded two albums for RALPH RECORDS and then slid into obscurity, like so many other killer bands......

but now thanks to SUPERIOR VIADUCT we can all take home a copy of HARD ATTACK,
and i'm crossing my fingers for them to reissue CROWD CONTROL and OUT OF THE TUNNEL, all three albums which are nearly impossible to score these days........

STREAM HARD ATTACK BELOW -
   and pick the lp up from SUPERIOR VIADUCT here