The Velvet Underground - VUFirst pressing, 1985, with insert VG+ VG (very light edge wear)

I was wary that it 'wouldn't be like Thee Headcoats'

“We created Lump as a sort of persona and an idea and a creature

spring cong

without limitation

The record exists as one complete thought

After a 15 year break

With many twists and turns along the way and several hundred people waiting in the school’s parking lot to await Monk’s arrival before purchasing tickets

A pleasing but perhaps formulaic shift in atmosphere guides us into Side B

Matt Ramono (drummer) and Larissa Brown the time)

” says guitarist and singer Stuart Braithwaite

complete with slyly poisonous lyrics and steamrolling guitars

who master the balance between conventional songcraft and bold