12" Vinyl pressed in an edition of 500. Mastered by Mikey Young
from the Big Takeover magazine:
" For the last few years, San Francisco’s Smartguy has been spewing forth wonderfully intense minimalist Australian DIY post-punk records by the likes of Total Control and Rat Columns. Safe to say, the label is on a really serious roll, and with the release of the rather obscure Division Four’s highly sought after 1983 demo tape, they are truly the go-to outlet for this stuff. The Perth-based band released these six songs on cassette before sadly fading in to obscurity—which is a true shame, as the quintet’s dryly recorded, throbby, dubby, paranoid, synth attack is at once horrifying and breathtaking, and makes one wonder what other kinds of sick monstrosities they could have recorded had they lasted. A truly engaging slide into a much darker psyche. Fans of Screamers and Crisis (UK) take serious note."
Includes unlimited streaming of 1983 Demo Cassette
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Opener absolutely rips. Falls into the ranks of tracks like “Dance” by ESG, “Eisbaer” by Grauzone, “Damaged Goods” by Gang of Four or like the album description says Kleenex. This is some really good stuff. Favorite song is the opener but dedicate “Blue” to my friend Blue who lost her life at 22, she would have loved this album. TheBloodofChrist
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High Rise answers that question here, on their masterpiece Adam Lehrer/Safety Propganda
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