The Normal
Live At West Runton Pavilion 6-3-79 (LP)
Original 1980 edition on Rough Trade of one-sided LP with generic red die-cut sleeve of superb live diy syntheiszer/electronic music by the odd duo featuring Mute Records' founder Daniel Miller as The Normal.
T.V.O.D. / Warm Leatherette
"A pivotal, early release of electronic new wave, this single oddly gained more notoriety for its B-side, "Warm Leatherette." Amidst jolting zaps, pops, and blipping skips, Daniel Miller robotically intones about the pleasures of car crash as foreplay: "A tear of petrol is in your eye/The hand brake penetrates your thigh/Quick -- let's make love/Before you die." The track sounds like a darkly cartoonish version of a malfunctioning dot matrix printer: clinically pristine, minimal, and sinister. A…