ED KUEPPER - Electrical Storm LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition silver colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

After helping form legendary punk outfit The Saints in his late teens and then breaking away to create avant-garde heroes The Laughing Clowns in his mid-twenties, Ed Kuepper took the next step of his musical career shortly before his thirtieth birthday by releasing this debut solo album, Electrical Storm. Leaving behind the trumpet/saxophone sound that characterised the Laughing Clowns, Kuepper here opts for a more traditional sound featuring just guitar, bass and drums. In his typical fashion, the guitars seem to use the beat as a rough guide, lurching in front and behind the drums rather than keeping exact time. This is a trait that can also be said about Ed's warbling, mumbled vocals, which sound either unable or unwilling to ascend into fully-fledged singing. Disorder is a big piece of Kuepper's puzzle.