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The Scottish post-punk outfit Fire Engines was only around for a flash, but their jagged songs were quite popular among fans of puzzle-piece melodies and skittish drums—like Franz Ferdinand, who lured the band out of retirement for a split seven-inch in 2005. The band's entire early-'80s recorded output (three singles and an EP) will be released by the tireless archivers at Acute Records in the fall, and the jittery tambourine-led "Meat Whiplash" is a good starting point into the rest of their catalog:
Fire Engines - Meat Whiplash [MP3]
Fire Engines - Big Gold Dream - Riverside BBC2 TV 1982 [YouTube]
Fire Engines [MySpace]
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Wait, I thought this was just reissued by Domino in their wave of "bands that inspired Franz Ferdinand" series, IE Joseph K, Orange Juice, and the Triffids?
(bursting into the room abruptly) "Did someone say scottish post punk?"
Josef K, surely.
Domino Records' Fire Engines disc was mostly live tracks and did not include their studio recordings. And don't call me Surely.
"We Don't Need This fascist Groove Thing" is by far The Fire Engines' best jam. Just saying.
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