VEX - Sanctuary - Original UK 12" EP - DIY Anarcho Post Punk Deathrock Goth

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VEX

Sanctuary

Original UK 12" EP released on Fight Back Records in 1984.

MPO   FIGHT 1 A1   UTOPIA   /   MPO   FIGHT 1 B1

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The relatively unheralded UK outfit Vex was an anarcho-punk band that sounded far more dark, desperate, raw, and apocalyptic than anything at the time. Their lone release, 1984's Sanctuary, showcases a band throbbing with ominous, semi-industrial precision. A four-song 12” issued by Fight Back, an imprint of Conflict’s label Mortarhate, Sanctuary was a part of the collective document of a U.K. anarcho-punk underground that had managed to not only survive, but flourish well into the 80s. Conflict, along with the similarly political Crass, was a leader of the scene; Vex was a minor participant, a footnote to a footnote. The band was also short-lived, which was the order of the day. Crass had previously vowed to break up if it ever lasted long enough to see 1984, although it reneged on that promise. “No Future” had come to roost. Accordingly, anarcho-punk bands sounded far more dark, desperate, raw, and apocalyptic than anything at the time.

Vex had desperation to burn. And on Sanctuary, burn it does. Throbbing with ominous, semi-industrial precision, the song slams along to a martial beat and splintery guitars, a dance track for the gleefully damned. Like a tribe of cyborgs, the band turns anger into something almost mystically ritualistic. It’s an approach Killing Joke had already solidly established by then, and the Killing Joke influence on “Sanctuary” is pronounced—as it is on “It’s No Crime", whose tense, slashing riffs bears a marked similarity to “The Wait”, one of Killing Joke’s most famous songs. Lead singer Scrote also borrows liberally from Jaz Coleman’s howl.

But where Killing Joke cloaked its anger in code, Vex was more direct. But not by much. The anarcho-punk approach left little room for poetic half-measures, and “World in Action” spews wrathful outrage even as Scrote chants, in an escalating spasm of stereo-panned paranoia, “There is a theory that this has already happened / There is a theory that this has already happened.” “Relative Sadness” sinks deeper into the ethereal, a clanking skeleton of a song that borders on the early Gothic Punk of Theatre of Hate.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Sanctuary
It's No Crime

Side Two

World In Action
Relative Sadness

Released on 'Fight Back Records' in 1984

Catalogue No. FIGHT ONE

Disc is in VG+ condition (some surface wear)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light wear / light ringwear)

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UK 1ST CLASS POSTAGE RATES FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:

1 LP £3.90
2 LP £3.90
3 LP £6.50
4 LP £6.50
5 LP £6.50
6 LP £6.50

INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO EUROPE FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:

1 LP £6.10
2 LP £7.50
3 LP £9.00
4 LP £10.50
5 LP £12.00
6 LP £13.50

INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE EUROPE (USA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN ETC ETC) FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:

1 LP £8.50
2 LP £11.00
3 LP £13.50
4 LP £16.00
5 LP £18.50
6 LP £21.00

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POSTAGE RATES FOR 7” SINGLES & CDs:

UK: £1.80 – then £0.50 each extra.
EUROPE: £4.50 – then £0.50 each extra.
DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE EUROPE: £5.50 – then £1.00 each extra
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: £6.50 then £1.00 each extra

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We offer combined shipping on all LPs / 12" Vinyls: our shipping rates are listed above. HOWEVER shipping packages that weigh more than 2kg is VERY expensive. Therefore we can only offer combined shipping up to a maximum of SIX (6) LPs / 12" vinyls. Any extra purchases will be invoiced, packaged and shipped separately.

***Due to the physical logistics of how I can package orders, I will not combine box sets with other items, I will only package them individually***

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