THE POP GROUP
We Are Time
(Freaks R Us Records)
The Pop Group were the rare unit whose revolutionary lyrical content meshed perfectly with their agitational aural attack. Listening to Pop Group classics like 1979’s Y and 1980’s For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, one felt compelled to redistribute wealth and cave in oppressive government leaders’ heads. The five left-leaning members of this British band browbeat funk and rock into radical new shapes. Of all the innovative talent in Britain’s postpunk era, the Pop Group may have been the most galvanic of all. Ask Minutemen and Fugazi.
We Are Time consists of live and studio recordings from ’78 and ’79. For hardcore fans…
