WRWTFWW Records
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Grauzone‘s sole, self-titled album, WRWTFWW Records has put together a luxuriously packaged, expanded edition.
The original album – an inspired and unusual mixture of driving post-punk rock, icy coldwave, ambient soundscapes, Radiophonic Workshop style experiments and spaced-out new wave – resides on the first record, with the second platter gathering together everything else the Swiss band released during their all-too-brief career. The included insert also boasts a superb essay from Swiss music historian Lurker Grand, who not only tells the story of one of Switzerland’s most forward-thinking bands of the post-punk era, but also puts their work in context. In a word: essential.