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TANK
Gunnar (Alternative)
(Earworm)
No way have the people responsible for these records been
listening to repetitive, spacey, instrumental, above all German
music circa 1972-75. Oh no. Nein! Nein! Nein! Das ist nicht
moglich! Ve are all Europeans neu, err, now. Ja? Oh aye. Tank are
from Brest and part of the apparently burgeoning French Krautrock
scene. And rock they certainly do, in a fetching,
wobbly-drums-and-prodding-bass Neu! sort of way, with the
additional bonus of an analogue synth freak-out. Whether by
accident or design, Tank have captured the grainy, organic
authenticity that goes some way to explaining how this music's
appeal has survived - indeed, intensified - over 20 years. Very
cool. And not one mention of Panzer divisions, either.