#1982 Viet Cong - Viet Cong

Surely two full-on waves of post-punk is enough? But Viet Cong's debut LP is packed with new collisions, a kaliedescope of [New Order/Pixies/Gang of Four//BOC] at their artiest, with shards of that PtBS buzzsaw sear, churning with seductive menace. Harmonic, hypnotic, insistent, shimmering, blackened, sexy - a maze of fuzzy walls at uncanny angles, breaking open into pits and parlours, inviting, dangerous, electric 4.5/5