AU PAIRS - Playing With A Different Sex (reissue) - 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL LP
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AU PAIRS
Playing With A Different Sex (reissue)
Music On Vinyl
180 gram audiophile vinyl LP + insert Cat: MOVLP 3778Rel: 19 Jan 26
Indie/Alternative Side 1 - Track 1. We're So Cool Side 1 - Track 2. Love Song Side 1 - Track 3. Set Up Side 1 - Track 4. Repetition Side 1 - Track 5. Headache For Michelle Side 2 - Track 1. Come Again Side 2 - Track 2. Armagh Side 2 - Track 3. Unfinished Business Side 2 - Track 4. Dear John Side 2 - Track 5. It's Obvious
Formed in 1978 thanks to a combination of chance bus stop meetings and involvement in the Rock Against Racism movement of the late 70s, Birmingham's Au Pairs quickly became one of the brightest lights of the post-punk scene. Critics lined up to praise the band's solo album, with Lester Bangs claiming that he had "God in the form of the Au Pairs". Such praise is easy to understand, this is an album that is tight, aggressive, provoking and most importantly, full of danceable hooks. Driven by the propulsive bass lines of Jane Munro, songs like 'Unfinished Business' have an urgent twitch to them that insist on movement and action. When coupled with Lesley Woods' lyrics, which focus primarily on sexual politics and gender, this is an album that feels like a bomb going off. Opening track 'We're So Cool' seems to addresses polyamorous relationships, and on the surface, the protagonist doesn't seem to care who sleeps with who, but this is offset with the line "you must admit, when you think about it, you're mine'. Domestic abuse is covered - literally - with their cover of Bowie's 'Repetition', 'Dear John' is a weirdly catchy tune that playfully messes with sex-mad John. The damning 'Amargh' tackles the horrific abuse suffered by imprisoned woman in the city. It's a subject that continues to resonate some 45 years later and still packs a considerable punch. The band were told they would never work for the BBC after playing the song on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and faced other problems due to the song's content. But, as is clear, they were not to be silenced. Playing With A Different Sex sounds as vital, confrontational and exciting now as it did in 1981.
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