At last the debut album from NagNagNag protagonists Johnny Slut and Fil OK. Too many can shriek a few words over a tinpot electro cliche and lay a claim to sleaze but the racket these two cook up is the real deal. Their three singles – produced by KLFer Jimmy Cauty – set out their stall for grungy, shouting punk-attack statements which not only whipped up the ghosts of electros past and Bowie but PiL and the 80s gutter-sounds of New York. Underneath tingles a spot-on pop sensibility, a feel for the killer chorus. The three singles – ‘Hooked On Radiation’, ‘Ball & Chain’ and ‘Underdog’ – are here, along with pants-strafing nuggets like the post-holocaust love ditty of ‘These Modern Boys’ and sweeping ‘The Violence Of Our Last Goodbye’. Jonny started working towards this in 1982 when he was pinup synth molester for Specimen – their modernised ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ is here too. Its like all the influences he’s romped in since that debauched adolescence have assembled here to be kicked into touch with his Atomizer likemind Fil. They’ve included remixes they’ve committed for the likes of Pet Shop Boys as a bonus to the fun of their club being captured. Get ’em off and get it on.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
