Disturbance

In an ideal world, Disturbance, the first album for twenty years from industrial pioneers Test Dept, would not exist. It wouldn’t need to. Britain would not stand divided by xenophobia. Working class communities would not be under siege. Capitalism would not have created a climate change crisis pushing the planet towards a dangerous brink. And the Thatcherite ideals that Graham Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy spent Test Dept’s early years raging against would not be so terrifyingly back in political vogue.

Back in1981, Cunnington, Jamrozy and a revolving door of talented artists from disparate disciplines and backgrounds formed Test Dept, forging an incendiary new sound from a squat in New Cross that made them underground heroes, landing the group under surveillance by the British government. 37 years later, on Disturbance, that sound is as incendiary as ever.

Audio

Tracklist

1. Speak Truth To Power
2. Landlord
3. Debris
4. Full Spectrum Dominance
5. Information Scare
6. Gatekeeper
7. Gbh84
8. Two Flames Burn

Details

Released: March 2019
Cat: TPLP1443 / One Little Indian