![]() The dissection of human relationships is explicit and disturbing, a prime expression of the punk distaste for sex. But this is mere prelude to the phenomenal "After Dark", a song that starts with a limping beat and becomes something quite different as the incisive lyrics bite home. ![]() "Criminal Waste" is a confounding song full of lines about wounds, poison and lies. The Flowers were on Earcom 1, while Joy Division waited until the second instalment. Both bands made it onto Earcom compilations, documents of the Fast Products label Bob Last established in Edinburgh in December 1977. Both the throbbing octave bass lines and razor guitars are present (courtesy Andy Copland and Fraser Sutherland), along with a probing intellect in the lyric department and a willingness to go just one step beyond. ![]() That's one of those throw-away lines journalists like to use, but there's something to it. I sprayed myself with Charlie and got ready for the kill.Flowers were the Scottish Joy Division. He said he really liked me and did I take the pill?
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