Pylon - Gyrate (Remastered) '1980/2020

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Athens, Georgia may have been the breeding ground for the B-52s, but in 1978 it
was, for the most part, still a sleepy college town with few places for bands to
play when Pylon began to cohere. (Its worth remembering that the B-52s had
almost exclusively played house parties before moving to New York and becoming a
sensation.) Like more than a few great and original groups, Pylon came together
without much of a support system or many firsthand influences; they were young
people creating their own art and making their own fun with it. While it wasnt
their first release (the epochal Cool/Dub single preceded it by seven months),
1980s Gyrate caught Pylon on tape when they were still clearly fascinated with
their own creative possibilities, though they were tight enough to sound
elemental and straightforward rather than amateurish. The skittery chiming of
Randy Bewleys guitar and the expressive whisper-to-a-scream report of Vanessa
Briscoe Hays vocals give this music plenty of brains, and the lean, minimal
rhythms generated by bassist Michael Lachowski and drummer Curtis Crowe lend it
all a strong, muscular body; at a time when America was just falling out of love
with disco, Gyrate was a reminder that there was more than one way to make music
for dancing. As smart as this music was, it was also fun and engaging in a way
that many of their peers and followers were not. Gyrate is full of joy and
subtle, surreal wit, and if it sometimes sounds like the work of arty grad
students, theyre still grad students who want to cut loose and get in the
groove, and thats exactly what they do. Gyrate is a classic touchstone of the
American underground scene of the 80s, and it sounds as fresh, challenging, and
exciting as the day it was released. R.E.M. would become a lot more famous, but
Pylon were the band that made the world aware that there was something
remarkable happening in Athens, and this was their first triumph.

Tracklist:
1 01. Pylon - Volume (Remastered) (04:13)
1 02. Pylon - Feast on My Heart (Remastered) (03:35)
1 03. Pylon - Precaution (Remastered) (02:48)
1 04. Pylon - Weather Radio (Remastered) (02:16)
1 05. Pylon - The Human Body (Remastered) (03:11)
1 06. Pylon - Read a Book (Remastered) (02:02)
1 07. Pylon - Driving School (Remastered) (03:53)
1 08. Pylon - Gravity (Remastered) (02:37)
1 09. Pylon - Danger (Remastered) (05:38)
1 10. Pylon - Working Is No Problem (Remastered) (03:29)
1 11. Pylon - Stop It (Remastered) (03:06)

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