The Wolfgang Press: "The Burden of Mules" LP

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A mood record without question, but might it have been 20 years ahead of its time?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Not with that cover it wasn't.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

not that great a record, I tried...

imagine my surprise when they followed it with 2 or 3 great E.P.s and one of the best albums of the 1980's: the awesome Standing Up Straight !

― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't really expect a groundswell of agreement, so I'll just slip back into my secret lair and try pulling another obscure proclamation out of my ass...

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

can i watch? ;)

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Cole, you drrrty boy.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd say their previous band Rema Rema was that far ahead of its time... or at least a decade ahead of its time.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

to be honest, i havent heard wolfgang press since college oh so many decades a go. i can barely remember what they sound like beyond a vague sense of Mute-ness.

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

or 4AD-ness... although at one point, both labels seemed kinda intertwined with the same artists.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i can barely remember what they sound like beyond a vague sense of Mute-ness.

Well, that first record doesn't really sound like any Wolfgang Press that followed it. Cold, slinky bass a la Shriekback, distant and almost sampled sounding drums, and some mumbled spoken phrases over the music. It's kind of "out there" for '83, but sounds really contemporary for '03.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay, Paul! I just started listening to that again. I like the "Big Sex" and "Kansas" ep's.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

five years pass...

I am listening to this record. It's a shame they couldn't afford any instruments other than a bass guitar.

― i'm shy (Abbott), Thursday, 12 February 2009 20:00 (seventeen years ago)

They get points for trying.....

― u s steel, Thursday, 12 February 2009 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

Reminds me more of Tones on Tail than anything.

― i'm shy (Abbott), Thursday, 12 February 2009 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

This is a great record. Skeletal, creepy and yes, ahead of it's time. Sorry there's no guitar solos.

― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 02:33 (eleven years ago)

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