[Cease & Desist] DIY (Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era 1978-82)
Optimo's JD Twitch 'fesses his undying love for the innovative sounds and anti-establishment attitude of post-punk with this beguiling collection of cherry-picked obscurities.
The compilation gained some pre-release notoriety after Sony forced Optimo to destroy all copies due to its original title "Now That’s What I Call DIY!" - costing the label thousands of pounds and much heartache, ironic given the comps tagline "It was easy, it was cheap - go and do it!".
Anyhow, obstacles overcome, what we're left with is a newly titled selection of absolute DIY killers from one of the most knowledgable and original selectors in the game - bringing together a bunch of names and sounds likely only known to those with a moth-eaten trenchcoat and genuinely knackered DMs; covering the louche lounge skronk of Tesco Bombers' 'Break the Ice at Parties' and the twee clip of Spunky Onions' 'How I Lost My Virginity', hustled alongside better known gems like Thomas Leer's synth-pop dream, 'Private Plane'.
Factor in the cranky dub of The Murphy Foundation's 'Fed Up Skank', the eerily coiled 'Tea Machine Dub' by The Cro-Tones, or The Prats' swaggering, pogoing 'Disco Pope' and you have a 100% killer, no filler collection picking flowers from the cracked facia of alt-pop culture in the fallout of punk.
Honestly - this is one of the most inspiring and enlightening comps you'll pick up this year - kudos to Optimo for reliably digging deeper than the rest.
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Optimo's JD Twitch 'fesses his undying love for the innovative sounds and anti-establishment attitude of post-punk with this beguiling collection of cherry-picked obscurities.
The compilation gained some pre-release notoriety after Sony forced Optimo to destroy all copies due to its original title "Now That’s What I Call DIY!" - costing the label thousands of pounds and much heartache, ironic given the comps tagline "It was easy, it was cheap - go and do it!".
Anyhow, obstacles overcome, what we're left with is a newly titled selection of absolute DIY killers from one of the most knowledgable and original selectors in the game - bringing together a bunch of names and sounds likely only known to those with a moth-eaten trenchcoat and genuinely knackered DMs; covering the louche lounge skronk of Tesco Bombers' 'Break the Ice at Parties' and the twee clip of Spunky Onions' 'How I Lost My Virginity', hustled alongside better known gems like Thomas Leer's synth-pop dream, 'Private Plane'.
Factor in the cranky dub of The Murphy Foundation's 'Fed Up Skank', the eerily coiled 'Tea Machine Dub' by The Cro-Tones, or The Prats' swaggering, pogoing 'Disco Pope' and you have a 100% killer, no filler collection picking flowers from the cracked facia of alt-pop culture in the fallout of punk.
Honestly - this is one of the most inspiring and enlightening comps you'll pick up this year - kudos to Optimo for reliably digging deeper than the rest.
Optimo's JD Twitch 'fesses his undying love for the innovative sounds and anti-establishment attitude of post-punk with this beguiling collection of cherry-picked obscurities.
The compilation gained some pre-release notoriety after Sony forced Optimo to destroy all copies due to its original title "Now That’s What I Call DIY!" - costing the label thousands of pounds and much heartache, ironic given the comps tagline "It was easy, it was cheap - go and do it!".
Anyhow, obstacles overcome, what we're left with is a newly titled selection of absolute DIY killers from one of the most knowledgable and original selectors in the game - bringing together a bunch of names and sounds likely only known to those with a moth-eaten trenchcoat and genuinely knackered DMs; covering the louche lounge skronk of Tesco Bombers' 'Break the Ice at Parties' and the twee clip of Spunky Onions' 'How I Lost My Virginity', hustled alongside better known gems like Thomas Leer's synth-pop dream, 'Private Plane'.
Factor in the cranky dub of The Murphy Foundation's 'Fed Up Skank', the eerily coiled 'Tea Machine Dub' by The Cro-Tones, or The Prats' swaggering, pogoing 'Disco Pope' and you have a 100% killer, no filler collection picking flowers from the cracked facia of alt-pop culture in the fallout of punk.
Honestly - this is one of the most inspiring and enlightening comps you'll pick up this year - kudos to Optimo for reliably digging deeper than the rest.
Optimo's JD Twitch 'fesses his undying love for the innovative sounds and anti-establishment attitude of post-punk with this beguiling collection of cherry-picked obscurities.
The compilation gained some pre-release notoriety after Sony forced Optimo to destroy all copies due to its original title "Now That’s What I Call DIY!" - costing the label thousands of pounds and much heartache, ironic given the comps tagline "It was easy, it was cheap - go and do it!".
Anyhow, obstacles overcome, what we're left with is a newly titled selection of absolute DIY killers from one of the most knowledgable and original selectors in the game - bringing together a bunch of names and sounds likely only known to those with a moth-eaten trenchcoat and genuinely knackered DMs; covering the louche lounge skronk of Tesco Bombers' 'Break the Ice at Parties' and the twee clip of Spunky Onions' 'How I Lost My Virginity', hustled alongside better known gems like Thomas Leer's synth-pop dream, 'Private Plane'.
Factor in the cranky dub of The Murphy Foundation's 'Fed Up Skank', the eerily coiled 'Tea Machine Dub' by The Cro-Tones, or The Prats' swaggering, pogoing 'Disco Pope' and you have a 100% killer, no filler collection picking flowers from the cracked facia of alt-pop culture in the fallout of punk.
Honestly - this is one of the most inspiring and enlightening comps you'll pick up this year - kudos to Optimo for reliably digging deeper than the rest.
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Optimo's JD Twitch 'fesses his undying love for the innovative sounds and anti-establishment attitude of post-punk with this beguiling collection of cherry-picked obscurities.
The compilation gained some pre-release notoriety after Sony forced Optimo to destroy all copies due to its original title "Now That’s What I Call DIY!" - costing the label thousands of pounds and much heartache, ironic given the comps tagline "It was easy, it was cheap - go and do it!".
Anyhow, obstacles overcome, what we're left with is a newly titled selection of absolute DIY killers from one of the most knowledgable and original selectors in the game - bringing together a bunch of names and sounds likely only known to those with a moth-eaten trenchcoat and genuinely knackered DMs; covering the louche lounge skronk of Tesco Bombers' 'Break the Ice at Parties' and the twee clip of Spunky Onions' 'How I Lost My Virginity', hustled alongside better known gems like Thomas Leer's synth-pop dream, 'Private Plane'.
Factor in the cranky dub of The Murphy Foundation's 'Fed Up Skank', the eerily coiled 'Tea Machine Dub' by The Cro-Tones, or The Prats' swaggering, pogoing 'Disco Pope' and you have a 100% killer, no filler collection picking flowers from the cracked facia of alt-pop culture in the fallout of punk.
Honestly - this is one of the most inspiring and enlightening comps you'll pick up this year - kudos to Optimo for reliably digging deeper than the rest.