The Membranes

The Membranes Songs of Love and Fury LP

UK pop stuff in a FALL-ish mode — meaning sometimes driving music and incomprehensible lyrics. For the desperate looking for trends.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Homestead
• Issue MRR #44 • January 1987

The Membranes The Gift of Life LP

Abrasive, raucous yet sparse fast-paced post-punk. Reminds me at times of the FALL meets BLURT meets the JESUS AND MARY CHAIN.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Creation
• Issue MRR #29 • October 1985

The Membranes Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder / All Skin and Bone 7″

The MEMBRANES hold a stylistic position somewhere near the likes of the METEORS and the INCA BABIES, but they rely less upon a recognizable rockabilly format and more on a raucous post-punk sensibility. Otherwise, one can compare their trashy, guitar-heavy approach with psychotic vocals. “Spike Milligan…” is up-tempo; the flip is a longer, droning number.

• Reviewer Jeff Bale
• Label Criminal Damage
• Issue MRR #18 • October 1984