Subhumans - The Day The Country Died

I've been reverting back to my primary listenings circa 1985 lately. Unable to secure nostalgia satisfactorily I'll press this in your palm as foisting is always a close runner-up to accurate recreation of near forgotten moments. Oh and if you haven't heard this, you're welcome.

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Wikipedia: The Day the Country Died is the first LP by the punk band Subhumans. The album was recorded in five days in June 1982 and released in 1983 on Spiderleg Records. It was later released on Bluurg, the band's own record label.

The Day The Country Died is influenced by the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The most obvious sign of such an influence is the song "Big Brother" — Big Brother is the dictatorial political leader figure in Orwell's novel. The song revolves around how "Big Brother is watching you", and when Dick Lucas sings "there's a TV in my front room and it's screwing up my head", it is a comparison between the telescreen in the novel which monitored citizens constantly and excessive viewing of mass media. Today, there is a huge amount of video surveillance in the U.K., showing the foresight of this subject matter. Like the novel, this album has dystopian overtones.

The album also describes a world ravaged by war, most likely our world which arguably is, this is suggested by track titles like "Dying World" and "All Gone Dead". The latter contains lyrics like "so long to the world, that's what they said, it's 1984 and it's all gone dead", which can be seen as another reference to Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The Day The Country Died is widely regarded as a classic punk album.

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"Through interviews with major players in the anarchist-punk movement, DAY THE COUNTRY DIED explores the evolution of a genre. Those sharing their views include Colin Jerwood of Conflict, Penny Rimbaud of Crass, Zillah Minx of Rubella Ballet, and more. The release also includes live concert material"

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