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Track List
01) Dark Days
02) My Guy
03) Never Surrender
04) Even If It's a Lie
05) Jungle of Fear
06) Why Am I So Lonely I
07) Room of Sadness
08) War
09) Love Song
10) Proud Soldiers
11) Stay With Me
12) Dead Life
13) Why Am I So Lonely II
01) Dark Days
02) My Guy
03) Never Surrender
04) Even If It's a Lie
05) Jungle of Fear
06) Why Am I So Lonely I
07) Room of Sadness
08) War
09) Love Song
10) Proud Soldiers
11) Stay With Me
12) Dead Life
13) Why Am I So Lonely II
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1985
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Chin Chin were an all-female trio based in Switzerland who bypassed all sense of permission and slung their inexperienced guts into a short-lived but burned-bright outfit. Karin, Esther and Marie-Anne formed Chin Chin in 1982, fusing DIY punk with young, feminist rhetoric, and it just so happened that the fuzzy guitars and pop overtones they were thumping out were also amalgamating in the UK's C86 scene. They toured with the movement's uncrowned royalty The Shop Assistants, who snapped them up onto now-legendary label, 53rd & 3rd Records. Sound Of The Westway, however, came out in 1984 via the trio's own label, Farmer.
This LP buzzes with a nostalgic fuzz recognisable as that often recreated/imitated by modern bands, and though it's clearly a retro work it's hard to believe the trio were thrashing it out a whole two and half decades ago. Spiky, passionate and fun, the album is pure punk-pop noise with intelligent content. 'Why Am I So Lonely' questions violent boyfriends and social isolation captured in a melodic Ramones/Ronettes vein, while 'Never Surrender' is a shouty, nose-ringed power-mantra. 'Jungle Of Fear's timeless slice of discordant yet melodic girl angst is passionate and catchy, while 'Stay With Me's twisty sax solo and 'Love Song' are perfect flushes of bouncing, youthful fun.
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Originally put out through the band's own Farmer imprint in 1985, Sound of the Westway has apparently since been the object of considerable collector yearning. These fourteen songs, which include two tacked-on bonus bits, provide insight into the record's legendary rep. Here, Chin Chin fire out concise, fiery chunks of C84-esque, punk-edged glory; designed and assembled on the quick, they aren't always perfect, but at their best they make for a devilishly satisfying bop. At the forefront is the interplay between Karin's spirited vocals and the band's trademark barrage of alternately jangly and scorching guitars. Consider the iconic key changes on "Room of Sadness," a mash of Blondie, Gang of Four, and The Clash, whose brilliant chorus alone validates the fervour surrounding this artifact. Elsewhere, the tracks range from choice slabs (cheery "Dark Days," "Jungle of Fear") to moments of redundancy (trite "Stay With Me," triter "Love Song"), but the overall taste left on one's tongue is savory.
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Chin Chin were an all-female trio based in Switzerland who bypassed all sense of permission and slung their inexperienced guts into a short-lived but burned-bright outfit. Karin, Esther and Marie-Anne formed Chin Chin in 1982, fusing DIY punk with young, feminist rhetoric, and it just so happened that the fuzzy guitars and pop overtones they were thumping out were also amalgamating in the UK's C86 scene. They toured with the movement's uncrowned royalty The Shop Assistants, who snapped them up onto now-legendary label, 53rd & 3rd Records. Sound Of The Westway, however, came out in 1984 via the trio's own label, Farmer.
This LP buzzes with a nostalgic fuzz recognisable as that often recreated/imitated by modern bands, and though it's clearly a retro work it's hard to believe the trio were thrashing it out a whole two and half decades ago. Spiky, passionate and fun, the album is pure punk-pop noise with intelligent content. 'Why Am I So Lonely' questions violent boyfriends and social isolation captured in a melodic Ramones/Ronettes vein, while 'Never Surrender' is a shouty, nose-ringed power-mantra. 'Jungle Of Fear's timeless slice of discordant yet melodic girl angst is passionate and catchy, while 'Stay With Me's twisty sax solo and 'Love Song' are perfect flushes of bouncing, youthful fun.
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Originally put out through the band's own Farmer imprint in 1985, Sound of the Westway has apparently since been the object of considerable collector yearning. These fourteen songs, which include two tacked-on bonus bits, provide insight into the record's legendary rep. Here, Chin Chin fire out concise, fiery chunks of C84-esque, punk-edged glory; designed and assembled on the quick, they aren't always perfect, but at their best they make for a devilishly satisfying bop. At the forefront is the interplay between Karin's spirited vocals and the band's trademark barrage of alternately jangly and scorching guitars. Consider the iconic key changes on "Room of Sadness," a mash of Blondie, Gang of Four, and The Clash, whose brilliant chorus alone validates the fervour surrounding this artifact. Elsewhere, the tracks range from choice slabs (cheery "Dark Days," "Jungle of Fear") to moments of redundancy (trite "Stay With Me," triter "Love Song"), but the overall taste left on one's tongue is savory.
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