Subhumans- From The Cradle To The Grave

Subhumans- From The Cradle To The Grave

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Label: Pirates Press

Reissued 3/3/2023, Originally released 1984 

With their eclectic influences and scintillating musicianship, Subhumans were never going to be content to trot out anarcho-punk by numbers, but no one was really prepared for the progressive brilliance of their sophomore album, From The Cradle To The Grave. While the A-side contains nine short sharp bursts of energized punk, gleefully embracing all points of the spikey spectrum, from the breakneck thrash of "Reality Is Waiting For A Bus" to the ominous dirge of "Wake Up Screaming", it is the ambitious title track that really captures the imagination, its sprawling sixteen-plus-minute running time telling the sorry tale of the human life cycle across a myriad of dynamic acts. If anyone was still in any doubt, it was the band defiantly setting out their stall as a creative entity that existed outside the stifling constraints of perceived musical sub-genres. Committed to tape by the visionary John Loder at Southern Studios at the tail end of 1983, it was released in April 1984 to widespread acclaim – and only kept from the No. 1 spot in the Independent Charts by New Order!

Track listing:

  1.  
  2. Forget 
  3. Waste Of Breath 
  4. Where's The Freedom? 
  5. Reality Is Waiting For A Bus 
  6. Us Fish Must Swim Together 
  7. Wake Up Screaming 
  8. Adversity 
  9. Rain 
  10. From The Cradle To The Grave