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Rip It Up, Issue 47, 1 June 1981, Page 6

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The Ears Scarecrow (Missing Link) Peter Lillie^Bßß|[Mßp^^B Adventures In Pain In Paradise (Missing Link) With the success 1 of the Birthday Party in Britain, I suppose a wave of copyist ! bands is inevitable. The Ears do it well on 'Scarecrow', a powerful song with excellent, offbeat vocals and an Al picture sleeve. B-Side is 'Lollyhater' equallyiStrong^BJMJHpH Peter Lillie comes from Melbourne. 'Adventures In Pain In Paradise' is instantly likeable, south seas cool. 'HomicideDivision 4' reaffirms Lillie's refusal to be influenced by what's happening around him. The Bureau 'Only For Sheep' Freeze 'Southern Freeze' Kraftwerk 'Pocket Calculator' The Bureau are a splinter group from Dexy's. Wonderful horns on a meaty song that comes close to disco. The new vocalist, however, sounds like he is on leave from Dr . Feelgood: Freeze are the first! in the new wave of British jazz-funk bands. Tight, infectious radio material with limp falsetto singing. Kraftwerk are the lads

who invented futurism before anyone knew what it meant. Taken from Computer World, their first album in four years, 'Pocket Calculator' proves they've still got it whatever it was.

Mark Phillips Rip It Up, N 0.47, June 1981 ■ Post all ! correspondence [to Rip \ It Up, PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. Editor Murray Cammick ■ Gang Of One Mark Phillips : i Sub-Editor Francis Stark f Advertising Enquiries Phone 370-653^!£jpHgBgj£g Rip It Up is typeset by Typesetting systems and printed by Putaruru Press. Thanks to Andrew Green . and Dicksen on paste-up and Deidre Burrow on reading/ Special thanks to Lachie Graham for organising Jam interview. I When In Australia ... Rip It Up is . available at Phantom Records and Record | Plant in Sydney, j and Missing j Link Records'in Melbourne:! T .‘' By the way, Extra is shelved as 1 & 2 lost bucks. Don't send money for 3 or 4.