Future Shock (EP)

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Future Shock
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EP by
Released1980
StudioSausage Studios [1]
Genre Indie rock
Label Gordons – GORDON 1
Producer The Gordons, Simon Alexander
The Gordons chronology
Future Shock
(1980)
The Gordons
(1981)
Professional ratings
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Future Shock is an EP by New Zealand band The Gordons, released in 1980. [1] [3] [4] In contrast to much of the independent New Zealand rock of the time, the sound of the EP was more noisy and distorted. [5]

Contents

The EP was reissued by Flying Nun Records. [6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that it "matched progressive punk songwriting and aggression with an uncategorizably deliberate yet extreme wall of flailing sheetmetal guitar." [3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. Future Shock

Side B

  1. Machine Song
  2. Adults And Children

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Greene, James Jr. (6 October 2017). Brave Punk World: The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781442269859 via Google Books.
  2. "Future Shock - Gordons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 "Gordons". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. Thompson, Dave (24 July 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 via Google Books.
  5. Goddard, Michael; Halligan, Benjamin; Spelman, Nicola (18 July 2013). Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   9781441118370 via Google Books.
  6. "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.