[mp3] lost in the last attack

Comsat Angels - "Missing In Action" (mp3)

I keep saving this for a day when I don't feel like writing much. The Comsats are one of the many wonderful bands from the early 80s without whom Bloc Party might not exist. They also appeared in Real Genius with a somewhat less distinctive song.

[The early Comsats records have been notoriously hard to find for a while-- some optimistic sleazebag is charging $150 on Amazon for an unauthorized CDR box set that appeared only a year or two ago-- but Renascent Records is reissuing the first three studio albums plus BBC sessions disc Time Considered As A Helix Of Semi-Precious Stones in just a few months. The studio albums will have new bonus tracks.]