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SUTCLIFFE NO MORE Normal
Sutcliffe No More is the follow-up name for the band known as Sutcliffe Jugend. It was founded by Kevin Tomkins in 1982. It started as a Power Electronics act, quickly gaining a name for itself, before branching out stylistically, creating a distinctive style that drew influence from all manner of genres while keeping true to their roots as a noise act. In its original form Sutcliffe Jugend existed for less than a year before Tomkins stopped the project to join Whitehouse. He reformed the group in 1994 with Paul Taylor who also played on some of the project's early material. The project ended in 2019. They released one album under a new name, Slaves No More, then continued as Sutcliffe No More. While obviously the band's roots lie in Noise Music and Power Electronics, and the influence of Whitehouse can still be heard, Sutcliffe No More are now focusing on a more diverse musical approach to accompany Kevin Tomkins' lyrics. Recently, they started to introduce distorted rhythms into their music as well. Normal is the first album that also features PaulTaylor on vocals. Full tracklist: 1. Genesis Of The Teenage Politic 2. Nailbox 3. Aesthetic Pathetic 4. Celebrity Sex Death 5. Dirty Little Secret 6. No Control 7. Empty Calorie Cunt 8. Jacobs Ladder 9. Normal. Price: € 19,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.
For those not yet initiated into SNMs oeuvre, heres how we can best preface the album: imagine the music of Sleaford Mods but with a great deal more swear words in it, plus most beats are eschewed by buzzsawing, glitching noise. As is often the case with these lot, the tracks hint at very distinctive themes: perverse celebrity voyeurism, conspiracies, paranoid tinfoil hat basements… mostly circuit-bent noise tracks segue into a couple of cyberspatial beatscapes, but were largely neck-deep in glitchy and horrifying audio-hell.
(Juno Daily, April 2023)
With Normal they are certainly looking back to their PE past - but invigorating & warping it with the addition of extreme, yet creative electronica. (...) As an album Normal perfectly balances the feel of danger & uneasiness, with sonic flare & creativity. Its certainly coming from a PE place - but its warping & bending it to something a little bit fresher, challenging, but also rather engaging.
(Musique Machine, September 2023)
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