Christ, this is proggy. Cardiacs were quite a small band (though you'd never guess from the size of their Wikipedia entry, clearly a few fanatics out there). They played quite a bit in Surbiton, the spiritual home of rock music, in the late '80s, and continued to play gigs up until singer Tim Smith's heart attack in 2008. He's now recovered and a new album is to be released. Is This The Life? was the only Cardiacs minor hit, reaching no. 80 in the charts, and the band were never asked to do a Peel Session. This may be their most well-known song, but their best is A Little Man And A House, which appears on The Seaside, the album to get. I don't really know what this song's about, but it sounds very powerful - I know how pathetic that might sound, but even a glance at the lyrics doesn't particularly help.
1988, Alphabet Business Concern
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