spizz Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/spizz/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Athletico Spizz 80 “Do A Runner” https://vinylfromthevault.com/athletico-spizz-80-do-a-runner-1980-prog-punk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=athletico-spizz-80-do-a-runner-1980-prog-punk Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:30:26 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/athletico-spizz-80-do-a-runner-1980-prog-punk/ Athletico Spizz 80 “Do A Runner” 1980. Prog-punk? Jazz-punk? Futuristic new wave, punky power pop for sure from Athletico Spizz, formerly known as Spizzoil, then Spizzenergi and later as The Spizzles, Spizz Orbit…you get the idea. Do A Runner went to #27 in the UK, likely propelled by their (non-album) hit single “Where’s Captain Kirk?” from 1979 (when [...]

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]]> Athletico Spizz 80 “Do A Runner” 1980. Prog-punk? Jazz-punk? Futuristic new wave, punky power pop for sure from Athletico Spizz, formerly known as Spizzoil, then Spizzenergi and later as The Spizzles, Spizz Orbit…you get the idea. Do A Runner went to #27 in the UK, likely propelled by their (non-album) hit single “Where’s Captain Kirk?” from 1979 (when they went by Spizzenergi). It’s a really odd yet compelling album. It’s snotty like the Buzzcocks, electronic sciencey like Gary Numan/Tubeway Army or Devo and just out-there like Pere Ubu. For a modern day comparison, I keep thinking of King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard for sheer stretched-out weirdness. I don’t know that I can pick a top track but the lead track “Touched” is kinda great for its ability to mash up goth and prog, for snottiness I like “Red and Black” and for an example of just plain weird, go with “New Species.”

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