The third and final album from anarcho-punk legends Flux of Pink Indians finds the group reinventing themselves yet again. The band progressed through three very distinct phases; their debut album, "Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible", along with the iconic "Neu Smell" EP, was intense, stripped down punk, exemplary of the Crass Records sound at the time. 1984's "The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks" was a charged blast of noise and industrial music, yet maintained the groups abrasive punk vocal style. Finally in 1986, the name was shortened to Flux, and though lyrically poignant and cutting as ever, the musical landscape had shifted in an entirely new direction. "Uncarved Block" is a fusion of tribal percussion, post-punk, industrial, world music, new wave... it simply sounds like nothing else (except perhaps Savage Republic's brilliant 1982 album, "Tragic Figures"). Flux was essentially inactive after the release of their overlooked swansong, but their label One Little Indian continues to put out worthy material, including almost every collaboration and solo album from Bjork, among others.
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