https://celluloidlunch.bandcamp.com/album/a-failure

Perhaps you’ve noticed that things are quite ridiculous these days? Almost non-sensical? In 1984 Dan Foley did too. Same bullshit, different times. In Montreal, Dan wrote, recorded and self-released the Quite Ridiculous Nonsense “A Failure” 7”. He had no distribution. He played no shows. Through word of mouth he sold about half of the 500 copies and threw the rest in the garbage after years of staring at the unsold copies. Some people must have been paying attention as the record did show up on Kugelberg’s Top 100 DIY singles list (albeit listed as being from the US) where Kug said “Most ace industrial wank of that rare late 70's variety. Wildly entertaining experiments in four track flatulence and transistor radio static” which I guess is about right. I’ve heard others say it sounds like Suicide recorded in a bedroom. I hear a bit of Jimmy Smack, a bit of The Four Plugs and think it would sound right at home on The Thing From The Crypt comp. Dan himself said he was influenced by early PIL and Cabaret Voltaire at the time. Basically think “It was easy, it was cheap, go and do it” circa Montreal 1984 made with only a beat box, a bass guitar, and some whirring and beeping household appliances for good measure. Now, in 2025, Sweet Rot and Celluloid Lunch are pleased to re-issue “A Failure” with a one time pressing of 300 copies. Although the text on the front says “pay no more than $500”, original copies are encroaching on that price but we are actually selling the re-issue for a lot less than that because we are so nice. Lovingly re-mastered by Josh Stevenson at Otic Sound. 

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