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Song of the Bailing Man
Rock · 1982 · 11 tracks

Song of the Bailing Man

Pere Ubu

A murky, reverb-drenched tightrope walk between art-rock and garage. Propulsive jazz-inflected drumming meets surrealist narratives in a landscape of industrial fog.

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It's like a jazz-punk band playing inside a giant, fog-filled warehouse in 1982.

A murky, atmospheric blend of industrial anxiety and artful, jazz-inflected melancholy.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
The Long Walk Home
2:36
02
Use of a Dog
3:19
03
Petrified
2:17
04
Stormy Weather
3:21
05
West Side Story
2:48
06
Thoughts That Go by Steam
3:49
07
Big Ed’s Used Farms
2:25
08
A Day Such as This
7:18
09
The Vulgar Boatman Bird
2:51
10
My Hat
1:20
11
Horns Are a Dilemma
4:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The propulsive, jazz-inflected drum patterns of Anton Fier that push the band into a higher gear than previous records.
The seven-minute sprawl of A Day Such as This where the reverb creates a vast, lonely landscape.
The surreal, spoken-word delivery on Big Ed's Used Farms that feels like a transmission from a parallel dimension.
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