Big Flame, Two Kan Guru (10" EP)

Big Flame stretched Gang of Four/Nightingales style heavy-guitar post-punk to an even more fractured extreme.  The guitar sounds even more brittle (despite a surprisingly competent recording), the vocals are even more buried, and the lyrics are even more aggressively political.  The Two Kan Guru 10" captures the amazing performances of a band who clearly felt a strong emotional attachment to their music and lyrics, even as they made little effort to push this message to an audience—they seemed to perceive any effort to so as betraying their values.  The bright colors and strong image on the cover are perfectly attention grabbing.