and The Vaselines

ranging from convulsive clangour to pulsating tracts of strobing distortion and gutted

in a sweaty little room

occult electronics

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP synth and The VaselinesFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills