FACT Magazine continue their excellent features with Built On Sand, an essay and mix on Birmingham's nascent post punk scene between '78 and '86 by Karl O'Connor AKA Regis.
It features some of the region's finest, such as Solihull's Swell Maps, Bearwood's Au Pairs and Handsworth's Steel Pulse as well as some criminally under-rated acts.
In additon to the fine mix - Anthony Burnham's sleevenotes profile each band and considers the Brum Problem, how a foggy cultural identity created 'a bermuda triangle' of music culture that John Peel was keen to shed a light on.
Read the article at FACT Magazine
Rob Adams
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