Slow Crimes
2025 Stock. The Work emerged from the dissolution of Henry Cow in 1979, formed by saxophonist Tim Hodgkinson, guitarist Bill Gilonis, bassist Mick Hobbs, and drummer Rick Wilson. Their inaugural LP, Slow Crimes, is a little-known treasure of transformative magnitude, so rabidly articulate that it presides over and resides in a world very much unto itself. While falling within the loosest guidelines of post-punk, the term proves inadequate: the textural intricacies and distinct deliberacy through…
Ossification
2025 Stock. 180g vinyl with insert. Ossification is like an amazing party held at This Heat's Cold Storage studio, with friends like Felix Fiedorowicz, Tom Cora, Tim Hodgkinson, Bill Gilonis, Zeena Parkins, and Catherine Jauniaux creating one of the most unusual, pleasurable and character-filled "pop" records you'll ever hear. Recorded at Cold Storage in Brixton between 1983-84, this debut album from Mick Hobbs' project stands as a timeless anomaly: fourteen songs that contain the spirit of pop,…