JOSEF K Chance Meeting Original UK 7" Single on Postcard - Post Punk Paul Haig

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JOSEF K

Chance Meeting

Original UK 7" Single released on Postcard Records in 1981. Company picture sleeve. Includes Postcard insert.

Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982, who released singles on the Postcard Records label. The band was named after the protagonist of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial. Although they only released one album while together and had moderate success, they have proved influential on many bands that followed.

The band was formed in 1979 originally as TV Art by Paul Haig (vocals, guitar) and Ronnie Torrance (drums), later joined by Malcolm Ross (guitar, keyboards), with Gary McCormack added on bass guitar, who soon left (later joining The Exploited) with David Weddell replacing him. After recording a ten-track demo, their first release was the "Romance"/"Chance Meeting" single on Orange Juice drummer Steven Daly's Absolute label in December that year. They were then signed to Postcard Records, the label founded by Daly and Alan Horne, releasing a string of critically acclaimed singles in 1980 and 1981. The band recorded their debut album, Sorry for Laughing, in 1981 at Castle Sound Studios in Pencaitland, but it was shelved, with the band unhappy with the slick production, Haig describing it as sounding "flat and disinfected", with only a few copies being released. They returned to the studio in Belgium to record The Only Fun in Town, opting for a more 'live' sound and recording the whole album in two days, Haig describing their aim: "we decided to make an almost unlistenable record with the vocals mixed down really low".

The band split prior to the release of the 1982 single, "The Farewell Single", which included the Peel session track, "The Missionary", Haig deciding to call an end to the band while they were at a creative peak. Torrance joined Boots for Dancing and later (with Weddell) formed The Happy Family with Nick Currie (aka Momus). Haig embarked on a long solo career, releasing a string of albums on his own Rhythm of Life label between 1984 and 2008, while Malcolm Ross joined Orange Juice and then played with Aztec Camera and Blancmange before embarking on a solo career. Ross and Weddell later reunited in Magic Clan.

Musically, they resembled their label mates Orange Juice in fusing post-punk guitars with funk and disco rhythms. They were influenced by American bands such as Pere Ubu, Television, Talking Heads, and The Voidoids, and British bands such as Subway Sect. However, in terms of their lyrics and image Josef K were always far more downbeat and austere than Orange Juice, and were never to have Orange Juice's commercial success. They were also described as sounding similar to Joy Division but "less doomy". Haig was a fan of Joy Division and "It's Kinda Funny" was inspired by the death of Ian Curtis. Haig's lyrics were also inspired by the works of Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Herman Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Knut Hamsun.

The band had what was described as an "anti-rock stance", most members eschewing drink and (most) drugs, and the band never doing encores, which Ross considered "patronizing".

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Chance Meeting

Side Two

Pictures

Released on 'Postcard Records' in 1981

Catalogue No. Postcard 81 5

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX+ condition

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