flood of bills, threats and rent reminders that filled last week's Socialist Action postbag we were surprised to find a single for review.
Chilean Warning is by the New Model Army and comes complete with stickers factsheets describing the coup in "73 and the repression in Chile today. And as the band's first single released by their own company tney ve odviously pul a lol of energy into getting their But what of the music? Chilean Warning is a vivid description of 'totalitarian repression' which toco guitar and drums to give a hard sound reminiscent of two years ago when synthesizers were still cheque-book away your average band-in-thestreet. The combination particularly the carefully rationed shrill guitar sound - which l've always been a sucker To the mumbled background succcil. though ! didn't catch a word of it. Model Army describe themselves as 'a surreal, symbolic dream always ready champion the cause of people living under They "stress they band' - and this shows in the way they describe op pression without asking - CHILEAN WARNING why it exists or what to do about it.
But since a percentage of the single go to the CSC that seems like a political act to me, as does their recent demonstration outside the Chilean Embassy.
Hope the New Model Army . wins plenty of recruits.