KUKL

[hogge@p.cs.uiuc.edu (John Hogge)]

Here's one vote for KUKL being an excellent, art/post/punk band of
unique style and grace.  (I guess that makes them posiers; oh well.)
Points:
 - strong female vocalist; dynamic, gutsy, high (soprano), pleasing to the
   ear.  Stream-of-conscious style; none of this howky chorus and verse stuff.
   Very errotic feel. 
 - wide range of instruments; what horns show up are done *right*, in
   moderation and weirdly.  (I'm into Laibach, not Hunters & Collectors.)
 - bizarre, wandering compositions with much doodling/improv of piano & guitar
   (and probably other things) simultaneously.  Lots of dissonance and
   "putting things together that don't normally go together."
 - high energy; tense, desparate feel (apropos for the subject matter).  

I'm talking about their "Holidays in Europe" LP and their (self titled?) EP,
probably their only releases.  The EP cover is a neat work of primitive
art, similar superficially to Test Department's folding phenomena (a great
industrial LP entitled "The Unacceptable Face of Freedom").

These aren't new releases, but if you don't have 'em, get 'em.  They won't
stay around forever.
--John