Woo, It's Cosy Inside (side A)

From what I can discern, Woo seem to have been two English brothers. Their debut LP came out in 1982 on Cherry Red, but their second album It's Cosy Inside didn't come for another 8 years. It's a tough record to explain. The two most prominent instruments are organ sidecar drum machine and clarinet. At times it the electronics grow vaguely techno-ish (from 1990, before the genre existed, almost) and at other times the clarinet pulls in a sort of lounge direction. It definitely has a strong sense of humor, that's reflected in the very primitive cover drawing. It's Cosy Inside is hard to compare to just about anything else, really. I'm always impressed when overtly uncommercial records still invest in a decent mastering job, despite their limited budget—in this case, Wally Traugott from Capitol did a fabulous job. Nice card-stock insert, too.