One of the finest, if not somewhat forgotten outings in the canon of mid-late 80's UK industrial / ambient music from Pump with their '87 debut The Decoration Of The Duma Continues. Orbiting that Final Image label nebula with the likes of O Yuki Conjugate, Gush, Mute Calm and even Muslimgauze, Pump's debut outing lacks the cohesion of an album proper but as a whole totally makes sense. There's pieces that pick up on the tail-end of UK post-punk whilst nodding to the more electro-focused side of Cab Voltaire, like the lively drum-machine / synth romp of 'Dance Without Music' or the darker and sorta-Coil indebted stripped drugged-up drums of 'Blind', whereas scruffier / darker parts on the B-side recall bits of Nocturnal Emissions or TG on a good day. Filling in the gaps though, there's odd gamelan skits, unexpected minimal interludes ('Brinkmanship' sounds like it could have been a lost track on Canavarro's Plux Quba) whilst prettier, more nostalgic moments like the lonely disintegrating church bells on 'Raft' + 'Lung' recall the wistful sadness of that Folk Implosion track on the Kids soundtrack. SO much to go at here, best record! (NM/NM - REPRESS)
Tracklist A1 Dance Without Music 6:40 A2 Blind 6:30 A3 A Veiled Woman 3:10 A4 Drop 5:30 B1 Lung 4:40 B2 Brinkmanship 1:40 B3 A Sort Of Accident 3:30 B4 The Hammering Stops 5:55 B5 Raft 4:50
