Savage Republic - Tragic Figures
>Post Punk, Experimental Rock, Industrial Rock
Formed in Los Angeles at UCLA, originally under the name Africa Corps. Savage Republic formed in 1982 and in that same year self released this debut album. which garnered some infamy at the time but it wasnt until a few years later when this was repressed in 87 did it begin to get noticed and revered
Tragic Figures is great post punk done up with a lot of tribal drumming, sweet bass lines with industrial drone-ish guitar riffs, screaming nonsense, and some intelligable vocals, under some thin production. despite the use of"tribal" drums on this, the album doesnt really fall in the usual fodder of generic "funky" post punk bands its not manic or choppy, so much as its a dour sound, bleak, very... grey?. i think of something like a factory that makes tv static in large sheets for you to stare at and let your rage grow a bit
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