The Prefects Going Through The Motions

One of the most obscure punk-era acts in the U.K All Music Standard Black Vinyl Going Through The Motions is the first full-length vinyl collection of The Prefects studio recordings. Although a few tunes dont stray from the general sounds of their time, theres innovation and humour here. Escort Girls may be the first recorded forerunner of American hardcore. The Bristol Road Leads To Dachau hints at Joy Divisions later The Atrocity Exhibition. Taking it a step farther than Alternative TVs How Much Longer with its deliberate dirge, Going Through The Motions, mocks punk expectation against an almost psychedelic haze. Total Luck bears the early evidence of Lloyds lone-man confessional style, and Barbarellas is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to their most-played local venue. Versions of The Modern Lovers She Cracked and the Prefects original 625 Lines were recorded live by Virgin on the final two nights of Manchesters Electric Circus and later issued as a compilation with tracks by The Fall, Th