M2 Demos + A Splendid Mess - Live M2 1981

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1.	Oblivious Animals 04:19	info	buy track
2.	Unknown - Waltz Time 03:38	info	buy track
3.	Jazz The Genius 01:30		buy track
4.	Bovine 02:16		buy track
5.	Suicide Beach 01:56		buy track
6.	I Love Your Dog 03:28		buy track
7.	Look At My Body 03:31		buy track
8.	Unknown - Cowboys 01:53		buy track
9.	Fat Cows Go Down An Eastern Beach 01:42		buy track
10.	Unknown - Trill Guitar 01:17		buy track
11.	A Splendid Mess - Unknown 1 04:04		buy track
12.	A Splendid Mess - Unknown 2 04:18		buy track
13.	A Splendid Mess - Unknown 3 08:10		buy track
14.	A Splendid Mess - Unknown 4 07:41		buy track
15.	A Splendid Mess - Unknown 5 04:58		buy track

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2 more of Patrick's collection of essential M-Squared recordings.

The Systematics demos are, simply, fantastic. Lots of great songs (including things like Suicide Beach which were never released officially), played very well indeed and sounding as clean and fresh as you could ever want. Most of these are just Patrick and Michael.

The Splendid Mess live in the studio recording is, as expected, messier with improvisations and half-baked songs in abundance. But still shows the humour and welcome experimentation that they always showed.

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released May 19, 2019

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The Systematics Sydney, Australia

The Systematics were Australia's seminal post-punk electronic band. It was started by Patrick Gibson in his bedroom on Sydney's Northern beaches then expanded with the addition of guitarist Michael Filewood and keyboardist Fiona Graham. They spent a heady 2 years making noise, melody and laughter amongst M2 and the whole sick crew. ... more

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