Format: cassette
Label: VVVU 002
Year: 1985
Origin: Prince Edward Island
Genre: electronic
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Release Type: Albums
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Playlist:
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acid Rain | ||
| 2 | Insomniac Blues | ||
| 3 | 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse | ||
| 4 | Maggie | ||
| 5 | Breasts Sex | ||
| 6 | Where Are The Dead? | ||
| 7 | One Movement Leads To Another | ||
| 8 | I Hate Hardcore | ||
| 9 | I Love You | ||
| 10 | Backtalk | ||
| 11 | Hair | ||
| 12 | Reality | ||
| 13 | Insomniac Blues (Reprise) |
Looking Beyond the Obvious
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The first album by The Dry Heeves to be officially released outside Cape Breton Island. With its blend of hardcore punk, industrial noise, pop and avant-garde experimentalism, Looking Beyond the Obvious was seminal in solidifying the eccentricities and absurdities of the group's approach to music.
The album peaked at #2 on the CKDU-FM charts in 1985 and remained in their charts for months. CBC-FM’s Nightlines also aired portions of it. As a side note, the industrial piece ‘Acid Rain’ was aired in Japan on NHK, and the anti-war techno pop song ‘4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ became a hit in Germany and was even chosen as the theme song for a German state radio programme. What was even more surprising is that we never sent the album anywhere overseas. Who could ask for anything more!
with notes from Dry Heeves
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