SHADOWPLAY - "ANOTHER AUTUMN DAY" CS

Obscure post-punk gem. Sole composer Michael Scholz (Taste Of Decay) went down the tried and true "never-intened-for-airplay" route with only 100 cassettes originally made in 1988; but such is our luck that Low Ambition Records have made this handsome treasure available again for modern ears to indluge. Shadowplay is an excellent distillation of the genre – bleary and to the bloody point - like somebody found a reel of Bauhaus offcuts and lovingly sculpted them into fully fleshed out compositions. Some of the tracks here are as good as it gets, slipping their hooks in with ease and commanding your attention, letting you know that it needs to be played over and over and absorbed into your body and mind to precipitate itself for the rest of your rainy days. Strongly recommended for those who have an interest in the classics of moody post-punk.