Released by Hearthan, and exclusively marketed in North America by Smog Veil, Long Live Pere Ubu! is the album of songs that was the genesis of the entire mess. It is a great leap forward in our pursuit of hyper-naturalistic recording techniques by which we replace microphones in the studio with wooden boxes, junked radio speakers, metal horns, and electrically charged window panes. Sound itself becomes the narrative. Everyone is going to hate it. We know that. The story, though satiric and comedic, ...   [ read more ]

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At the outset of their career, Pere Ubu released some of the very first independent-label American punk singles on their own Hearthan (later Hearpen) label, which constitute some of their most celebrated and legendary work. Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection gathers 11 tracks, mostly from the crucial Hearthan/Hearpen period (including the entire Datapanik in the Year Zero EP), plus a couple of later U.K. singles. This music's historical importance is undeniable -- not only because of the band's pioneer...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. New Picnic Time is the third full-length record from Pere Ubu. It is lyrically reflective of an involvement with Jehovah's Witnesses at the time of its recording, and is also the last record to feature guitarist Tom Herman. Pere Ubu has frequently been cited as the most important and original of the new wave bands, and have been widely influential on the avant-garde music scene.

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