Formats
ASP021 - LP
N/A
Details
Further Conclusions Against an Italian Version (BAT) is the debut album from Socrates That Practi?es Music. The London-based group have been compared to Bauhaus and A Certain Ratio, but more recently Socrates would be better described as a two-man metagoth outfit who use samplers, synths, guitars and drums to explore the occult, shire horses, legal wrangles and less-than-confident gardeners. According to Everett True, they "gabble and scratch, [and] hibernate in bearded acclaim". "It's like Country Life magazine edited by M.R. James and designed by Barney Bubbles" (Norris Stoat, Melody Maker).
Tracks
Side A
1. WOPR
2. Coyote
3. Mrs Hammersmith
4. I am Alive Order
5. The Measures
6. The Signal is Ready
Side B
1. Ruthless Rake
2. Tommy Dawsey
3. Judged by the Left Eye
4. John Logie Bair
Press
KDVS top 10, WXDU top 88.7, WZBC, WFMU
"...art-rock and neo-folk with an eccentric counterpoint to place themselves beyond the reach of all. Stabs
at profundity that reach beyond the cabaret or the intentionally weird and find themselves in the orbit of
the Jefferies brothers at a better time for us all." (Doug Mosurock)