The song titles on 1984's Informs, combined with the "forms" hint in the album title, suggest that each individual track will reference a particular style, or perhaps form, of music. I don't hear any strong differentiation between the tracks to identify "Ethnic" or "Ballad". Unrest Work & Play feel to me like a cross between Etron Fou's playful intricacy and some of their Gang of Four-influenced contemporaries like the Noseflutes (whose drummer Roger Turner is now active in the free improv community). Informs is a bit heavier, with more insistent rhythms, than Andy Wake's later work with Tim Hodgkinson in Momes. Sonically, it seems closer to the group's post-punk contemporaries than some of the sterile late-era rock-in-opposition with which it an also be associated. The packaging of Informs is impressive, with a giant metallic-silver sticker on the front and a silk-screened back cover.
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