holy shit!  where has this song been all my life



this song 'gathering dust' is by the british post-punk band modern english, a band who are better known by their single 'i melt with you', which is a very great love song.  that was the limit of my knowledge of the discography of modern english, but then i heard this song, 'gathering dust', on the radio last week and i was blown away.  i didn't recognize the band so i took out my phone and used the app shazam to identify the song.  and i've been obsessively listening to this tune ever since.  i love its fast beat, how the heavily fuzzed guitars roll with the bass and drums, the squiggly synths move in and over the tune, and how the voice is reverb and arched with urgency.  this song was released in 1981.  it still sounds current to me.  but then i have biased ears.  i think this is one helluva a tune.  and a reminder that there are still so many things to discover and rediscover, especially as the world becomes even more weird and precarious, and wildly, still, cool.