The Particles - 1980s Bubblegum LP xxbillorcutt Pinned to the mixing desk

Pinned to the mixing desk was a piece of paper with the words No Pussyfooting Fripp s reminder to both musicians that they should not compromise what they felt to be right or be deterred by the hostility to the project shown by management and record label alike

and paranoia were their subject matter

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while "Ocean Grove" blends field recordings and dreamy synthesizer melodies to create an uncanny sense of place that unroots you from wherever you're listening

The Particles - 1980s Bubblegum LP xxbillorcutt Pinned to the mixing deskThe Particles formed at the height of the punk movement in Sydney, Australia in 1977, and spent their early years hanging out with punk legends The Saints. But by their first recordings in 1979 they were something else entirely pioneers of infectiously melodic, playfully subversive indie pop. They deserve to be held up alongside contemporaries such as Orange Juice or Television Personalities, and 1980s Bubblegum makes a strong case for this with the